REMEDIES AVAILABLE
UNDER ADEA
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CHAPTER 6
REMEDIES AVAILABLE UNDER ADEA
I. INTRODUCTION
§6:10 Overview
II. AVAILABLE REMEDIES
A. LEGAL REMEDIES
§6:20 Backpay
§6:20.10 Determining Backpay
§6:20.10.10 Lost Raises
§6:20.10.20 Lost Pension Benefit Contributions
§6:20.10.30 Life Insurance Premiums
§6:20.10.40 Health Insurance
§6:20.20 Income From Collateral Sources
§6:30 Employee’s Duty to Mitigate Damages
§6:30.10 Employee’s Duty to Conduct Job Search
§6:30.20 Employer’s Burden to Show Unreasonable Job Search
§6:30.20.10 Delayed Search
§6:30.20.20 No Penalty for Moving
§6:30.20.30 No Penalty for Health Problems
§6:30.20.40 No Requirement of Taking Lower-Paying Job
§6:30.20.50 Vocational Experts
§6:30.20.60 The Effect of Self-Employment
§6:30.20.70 Voluntary Resignation
§6:30.20.80 Unavailability for Work
§6:30.20.90 Elimination of Plaintiff’s Position
§6:40 Employer’s Offer of Reinstatement
§6:40.10 Employer’s Burden to Show Unreasonable Rejection of Offer
§6:50 Liquidated Damages
§6:50.10 Determining “Willfulness”
§6:50.20 Unavailable in Cases Against Federal Government or Agencies
§6:50.30 Available Against Municipalities/Public Agencies
§6:50.40 Determining Double Damages
§6:50.50 Effect of Death of Plaintiff on Liquidated Damages
§6:60 Compensatory Damages
§6:70 Punitive Damages
§6:80 Retaliation Claims—Compensatory and Punitive Damages May be Available
REMEDIES AVAILABLE
UNDER ADEA
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§6:90 Interest
§6:90.10 Pre-Judgment Interest in ADEA Actions
§6:90.20 Pre-Judgment Interest When Liquidated Damages Awarded
§6:90.30 Post-Judgment Interest
§6:90.40 Calculation of Interest
B. EQUITABLE REMEDIES
§6:100 Injunctive Relief
§6:100.10 Preliminary Injunctions
§6:100.20 Permanent Injunctions
§6:110 Reinstatement, Instatement, and Other Relief
§6:110.10 Front Pay—When Reinstatement is Not Feasible
§6:110.10.10 Determining Front Pay
§6:110.10.20 Number of Years Granted
§6:110.10.30 Offsets
§6:110.10.40 Calculations
§6:110.10.50 Decision by Judge or Jury
C. COSTS AND ATTORNEYS’ FEES
§6:120 Costs
§6:130 At torneys’ Fees
§6:130.10 ADEA Limits Awards to Prevailing Plaintiffs
§6:130.10.10 Defendants May Recover Fees for Bad
Faith Litigation Under American Rule
§6:130.10.20 Oppose Defendant’s Fee Petition
§6:130.20 Establish Basis For Fees Throughout Representation
§6:130.20.10 Cover Fee Issues in Retainer Agreement
§6:130.20.20 Keep Contemporaneous and Detailed Time Records
§6:130.30 Calculating the Lodestar
§6:130.30.10 Reasonableness of Hours Expended
§6:130.30.20 Reasonably Staffing Case
§6:130.30.30 Avoid Duplicative Attorney Effor ts
§6:130.30.40 Comparing Adversary ’s Hours and Conduct
§6:130.30.50 Billing Judgment
§6:130.30.60 Reasonableness of Hourly Rate
§6:130.30.60.10 Attorney’s Billing Rate
§6:130.40 Recoverable Time
§6:130.40.10 Administrative Proceedings
§6:130.40.20 Arbitration Proceedings
§6:130.40.30 Litigating Fees
§6:130.40.40 Appellate Time
§6:130.50 “Prevailing” Plaintiff for Purposes of Attorneys’ Fees Award
§6:130.60 Taxation of Attorney’s Fees
§6:130.70 Checklist for Filing Petition for Fees
