Age discrimination case shut down by Supreme Court
Posted March 4, 2011 7:37 pm.
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OTTAWA, Ont. -The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled against two widows in an age discrimination case involving death benefits.
The two women had challenged a policy that gradually reduces death benefits for surviving spouses of public servants and military members, based on the age of the deceased.
The benefit is paid over and above a survivors’ pension and is intended to help newly widowed people through immediate financial hard times.
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