EEOC Age Discrimination: Can You Get Compensatory Damages?
Are compensatory damages, based on stress etc: allowed for EEOC filed age discrimination cases, in the state of CA or can one only claim lost wages?
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FYI: Compensatory damages provide an employee with the monetary amount necessary to replace what was lost, and nothing more.
It is possible to receive compensatory damages and/or back wages. The information below is quoted from the EEOC website.
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EEOC’s policy is to seek full and effective relief for each and every victim of discrimination. The remedies may include:
* posting a notice to all employees advising them of their rights under the laws EEOC enforces and their right to be free from retaliation;
* corrective or preventive actions taken to cure or correct the source of the identified discrimination;
* nondiscriminatory placement in the position the victim would have occupied if the discrimination had not occurred;
* compensatory damages;
* back pay (with interest if applicable) and lost benefits; and
* stopping the specific discriminatory practices involved.
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-fed.html