Settlement Agreement
(Employment Discrimination Collective Action) (ADEA)


Summary

This template is a settlement agreement in employment discrimination collective action (ADEA) that is intended for use in settling lawsuits asserting collective action age discrimination claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). This template includes practical guidance, drafting notes, and alternate and optional clauses. This template is based on federal law and does not address all potential state law distinctions; thus, you should check any relevant state and local laws. The ADEA generally adopts the collective action process contained in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and requires plaintiffs to bring group actions as a collective action rather than a class action. This template addresses situations where the court has (1) not yet granted conditional certification of a collective action and (2) already granted conditional certification of a collective action and authorized the sending of notice of the collective action to potential class members. For...