In the next few weeks U.S. District Judge G. Patrick Murphyis
expected to hand down a ruling in the class action lawsuit filed by
IBM employee Kathi Cooper concerning age discrimination in IBM's
pension changes in 1995 and 1999.
The Alliance @ IBM site has links to five excellent articles
that appeared on Sunday about this class action lawsuit.
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Here is a brief summary of the five articles:
June 8: Major coverage on IBM Pension Lawsuit:
IBM ruling may shape age bias laws. In the next several weeks, a
federal judge will rule on whether two pension plan changes IBM made
in the 1990s discriminated against Kathi Cooper and 140,000 other
U.S. employees
For Kathi Cooper, the numbers just didn't add up
Judge expects his pension decision to be appealed
Documents reveal IBM's reason for pension-plan change: saving money
Quote: "a reduction in employee benefits does not violate federal
law unless it violates a union contract or the change runs afoul of
another federal regulation."