United States Supreme Court

In an Age Discrimination in Employment Act case involving the question of whether Fed Ex courier's filing of an intake questionnaire and affidavit with the EEOC was a "charge" under the Act so as to allow the filing of a civil action, the Court defers to the EEOC's interpretation for the proper test for determining whether a filing is a charge. Specifically, in addition to the information required by the implementing regulations, if a filing is to be deemed a charge it must be reasonably construed as a request for the agency to take remedial action to protect the employee's rights or otherwise settle a dispute between the employer and the employee. In this case, the filings constituted such a charge and the circuit court correctly reversed dismissal of the case.

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• Decided 02/27/2008
• Published 02/27/2008

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• United States Supreme Court

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