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Fiendish Thingy

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13. They already have a mandatory retirement age of 73

Reply to MichMan (Reply #12)

Mon May 11, 2026, 08:37 PM

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Which I presume is legal.

The law you quoted says “refuse to hire or discharge”; discharge is not the same as mandatory retirement, especially if that mandatory retirement comes with all the benefits retirees are entitled to.

Like I said, I didn’t just make it up, there are a number of legal experts discussing this strategy.

If I can find any of the sources I encountered, I will post links.

I think one of the sources may have been someone at the Lawfare blog - they know their stuff.

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