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Employee may pursue ADEA claim

Employee may pursue ADEA claim

Employee may pursue ADEA claim

A 63-year-old counselor and case manager for a nonprofit family service agency may proceed with a case of age discrimination in his termination, a federal District Court in Illinois has held, but not a claim for a hostile work environment. It has rejected the defendant’s motion for summary judgment on the discrimination claim but granted it on the hostile work environment claim. Jose Rodriguez was a counselor working on programs to provide Medicaid-funded mental health services primarily to school age children. Completing the paperwork within the Medicaid requirements was critical in obtaining payment and Rodriguez had had difficulty keeping up with the requirements at various times since...

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