Opinion ID: 1348457
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: provisions of act

Text: To the extent relevant to this review, the act protects persons at least forty years of age but less than seventy years of age, § 48-1003, from employment discrimination because of such individual's age, when the reasonable demands of the position do not require such an age distinction. § 48-1004(1)(a). The act also makes it unlawful for an employer to discharge, expel or otherwise discriminate against one who has filed a charge or suit pursuant to its provisions. § 48-1004(3). The Equal Opportunity Commission is empowered to administer the act, § 48-1007, and to initiate actions; if the commission fails to do so, an aggrieved person may bring a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction for such legal or equitable relief as will effectuate the purposes of the act. (Emphasis supplied.) § 48-1008. While the commission investigated these cases and concluded there was reasonable cause to believe AT & T Technologies violated the act, it instituted no action.