McDermott v. City of North Olmsted

In its adoption of the district court’s analysis that Plaintiffs waiver of Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”) claims against Defendant was valid, the majority subverts the remedial purpose of the ADEA. Under Section 626(f)(2) of Title 29 of the United States Code, an employee’s waiver of ADEA claims against the employer in settlement of an EEOC charge is valid only when the employee is “given a reasonable period of time within which to consider the settlement agreement.” There is no question that Plaintiff and Defendant reached the final terms of the settlement agreement on January…