Case: Discrimination/Layoff (D. Kan.)

Airxcel Inc. is entitled to summary judgment on a 61-year-old inventory control and shipping quality inspector’s age discrimination claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Kansas Age Discrimination in Employment Act after he was permanently laid off due to a reduction in force sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic, a federal district court ruled. With more than 70% of those terminated from his department being under the age of 40, he couldn’t show that younger employees were treated more favorably than older employees and thus, didn’t establish a prima facie case of age discrimination, the court said. Additionally, ...