The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Babb v. Wilkie that the federal-sector provision of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) “demands that personnel actions be untainted by any consideration of age.”
The Court heard oral arguments in January and had to decide whether the ADEA prohibitS age from being the “but-for cause” of an employment decision, or if the ADEA prohibitS age from being any consideration at all in employment actions.
