Legal Opinion
Rock v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 4, 1981PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
In this age-discrimination-in-employment case the plaintiffs, three former employees of the intervener Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Westinghouse), filed a complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), alleging that Westinghouse had engaged in an unlawful practice under G. L. c. 151B, § 4 (1), inserted by St. 1946, c. 368, § 4, 2 by offering early retirement benefits to former employees who were over fifty-five years of age in July, 1970, but not to former employees who were between the ages of forty and fifty-five in July, 1970. After a hearing, a…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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