If an Employee-Plaintiff Proves That the Employer-Defendant Willfully Violated the Age

question 23

Multiple Choice

If an employee-plaintiff proves that the employer-defendant willfully violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) ,then the court is also allowed to award liquidated damages:

• A) which are the total of back pay, front pay, and any other unpaid wage liability owed to the employee-plaintiff.
• B) which serve as compensation for pain and suffering.
• C) in an amount that is equal to unpaid wage liability.
• D) in an amount sufficient to prevent the wrongdoer from willfully violating the ADEA in the future.

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Definitions:

Liquidity

A company’s ability to convert assets into cash.

Straight-Line Depreciation

A method of calculating the depreciation of an asset which spreads the cost evenly over its estimated useful life.

Useful Life

An estimate of the duration over which an asset is expected to be economically viable and operational in a business.

Average Rate of Return

A financial ratio showing the average annual return of an investment over its lifetime, calculated as the total expected return divided by the initial cost of the investment.