Dorn v. Peterson

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

This appeal raises the question of whether the Minnesota Human Rights Act protects employees seventy years of age and older against discharge based on age. We hold that Minn.Stat. § 363.03, subd. l(2)(b) (1990) prohibits discharge based on age with no upper age limit, but Minn.Stat. § 363.02, subd. 6 (1990) allows an exemption for a mandatory retirement age to be established by law or by an employer’s published retirement policy if it is established consistent with Minn.Stat. § 181.81 (1990). This appeal also requires us to determine whether an employer’s submission to…