Section 8 Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967

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The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA),
29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq., applies to employers that are “engaged in an industry affecting commerce” and that have “twenty or more employees for each working day in each of twenty or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year.” 29 U.S.C. § 630(b). Although the ADEA states that it covers states, the United States Supreme Court has held that the Eleventh Amendment bars ADEA suits against states. Kimel v. Fla. Bd. of Regents, 528 U.S....