Eli Lilly Age Bias Suit Sets 7th Cir. Collective-Action Test

A lower court must revisit whether a lawsuit alleging Eli Lilly & Co. favors Millennial workers over employees age 40 or older with regard to promotions should proceed as a collective action, the Seventh Circuit ruled.

The decision sets the test lower courts within the circuit should use to determine whether to issue a notice to similar workers who can potentially join a collective action under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act or the Fair Labor Standards Act.

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is now the third federal appeals court in recent years to examine the ...