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Age Discrimination

The Supreme Court ruled today that a company may be violating age discrimination laws by firing an employee over 40, even if the replacement is also over 40. The case involved a 56-year old manager at a North Carolina vending machine company, who was fired and replaced with a 40-year- old. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.

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