US - AT&T has asked a US judge to dismiss claims that it discriminated against older workers when it converted its defined benefit pension scheme to a ‘cash balance' arrangement in 1997.
According to legal documents, lawyers representing the telecoms giant are seeking to have the age discrimination claim - which is seeking US$2.3bn in damages for 24,000 current and former employees...
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