Legal Opinion
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Allstate Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 13, 2015No. 14-2700PublishedCited by 173 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HARDIMAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal comes to us following a summary judgment entered by the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis trict of Pennsylvania in favor of Allstate Insurance Company. In 1999, Allstate decided to reorganize its business and terminate the at-will employment contracts of some 6,200 sales agents, offering them the opportunity to work as independent contractors. As a condition of becoming independent contractors, agents were required to sign a release waiving existing legal claims against Allstate. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…
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