News Notes: EEOC Announces $250 Million Age-Bias Settlement With Calpers

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) will pay approximately $250 million in disability benefits to more than 1,700 retired state and local safety officers to settle an age-bias lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The lawsuit charged that CalPERS—following a state law adopted in 1980—linked the amount of disability benefits to the age at which a public employee was hired. For each year over age 30 on the date of hire, the level of disability benefits was reduced.