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1.actuarial costs
2.age bias
3.age bias case
4.age bias cases are pending against
5.age bias suits filed by
6.age discrimination claim
7.Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).
8.allegedly fired, demoted, or denied promotions
9.attorney
10.be aware of the law and the signs
11.be bound by the promises one makes
12.build up a dossier
13.change in the traditional doctrine
14.current or former employees
15.cuts salary costs and pension liabilities
16.decline further comment
17.demographics
18.demonstrate measurable differences in performance
19.deny charges
20.deprive an employee of benefits
21.discharged older employee
22.discharged white-collar worker
23.dismissal
24.do smth in a subtle way
25.due-process approach
26.emphasize pension plans and job security
27.employee relations
28.employment discrimination litigation,
29.enforce the law
30.executives
31.federal suit
32.fight back
33.file a claim of age discrimination
34.fire at will
35.firing or forcing early retirement on
36.former officers
37.get out of favor
38.have a six-month deadline for
39.have an adequate and effective appraisal program in place
40.in violation of the ADEA
41.invoking the protections of
42.jury trial
43.keep notes and copies of commendations
44.labor force
45.lose suits under the act
46.major corporate issue
47.make room at the top for young achievers
48.middle-management ranks
49.national trend
50.nonunion white-collar workers
51.pattern of discrimination
52.pending
53.perceived advantage
54.postwar baby boom
55.potentially costly option
56.prevent any corporate officer from reaching
57.provide advice for endangered executives
58.put a large corporation against an employee in front of a jury on an issue like this
59.put emphasis on
60.race and sex discrimination cases
61.recessionary period
62.record private suits
63.settle $900,000 on some 600 older management employees
64.settle a number of individual age bias claims,
65.settle out of court
66.show "just cause"
67.sole reason for their discharge
68.state court
69.subsidiary
70.tempting option
71.the odds are heavily in favor of the employee
72.retired older manager
73.trim expenses
74.upward mobility
Exercise 1. In the article «Wounded Executives Fight Back on Age Bias» find the English equivalents
