Legal Opinion
Robert R. Henn v. National Geographic Society
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 2, 1987No. 86-2635PublishedCited by 207 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Experiencing a decline in advertising, the National Geographic Society decided to reduce the number of employees selling ads. The Society offered every ad salesman over age 55 the option of early retirement. The Society made the offer in June 1983; the recipients had more than two months to think it over. The Society offered: a severance payment of one year’s salary, retirement benefits calculated as if the retiree had quit at 65, medical coverage for life as if the employee were still on the payroll, and some supplemental life insurance coverage. The letter…
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