Interior Department Wins Redo of Age Bias Front Pay on Appeal

The US Interior Department reduced a former employee’s $1.7 million age bias win after the Ninth Circuit for a second time ruled a lower court miscalculated how much the worker deserves in front pay.

A district judge twice awarded the ex-Bureau of Reclamation realty specialist front pay for an 11-year period. But the lower court abused its discretion when it found the worker wasn’t likely to land a similar federal job, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said in an unpublished opinion Wednesday, remanding the case with specific instructions on how to calculate front pay.

Kelly O’Kell ...