Equal Opportunity Commission v. Weyerhaeuser Co.

The question in this case is whether section 48-1008, R. R. S. 1943, a part of the Act Prohibiting Unjust Discrimination in Employment Because of Age, limits the right of the Equal Opportunity Commission to bring suit on behalf of the aggrieved employee to a 30-day period following filing of the complaint by the employee, or whether the elapse of the 30-day period is simply a condition precedent to the right of the aggrieved employee to bring an action on his own behalf. The District Court for Douglas County held that the commission’s action in this case was barred by a 30-day statute of…