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Set-Offs Against Back Pay Awards Under The Federal Age Discrimination In Employment Act, Michigan Law Review
Set-Offs Against Back Pay Awards Under The Federal Age Discrimination In Employment Act, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
This Note proposes a theory to govern set-offs against ADEA damage awards that best effectuates congressional ~tent. It suggests that courts should set off those types of benefits received after a violation that, had they been lost because of a violation, would have been included in the damage award. Part I identifies the proper measure of damages under the ADEA as the net loss of 'job-related benefits," doubled in cases of willful violation. It explains first that job-related benefits should be broadly defined to include unemployment compensation and social security benefits as well as wages, and second that the congressional …