August 20, 2018
The Seventh Circuit on Monday upheld a finding that the liquidation of Caterpillar Inc.'s unemployment benefit plan for an Illinois plant was not a case of age discrimination, saying the heavy equipment manufacturer had legitimate business reasons for structuring the program the way it did.
March 28, 2018
A group of Caterpillar Inc. employees on Wednesday urged the Seventh Circuit to revive their suit accusing the company of committing age discrimination in liquidating its unemployment benefit plan, saying the lower court in Illinois incorrectly held the liquidation didn't force an unlawfully disparate number of older workers to retire.