On January 1, 2018 the President of Proterra Builders, Inc. (PBI) announced that all PBI employees over the age of 60 would be given a $15,500 bonus in honor of the company's 60th anniversary of years in business. Remington Steele, a 55 year old Senior Project Manager filed suit against PBI under the disparate-treatment language in the ADEA, alleging that the bonus policy constituted unlawful discrimination on the basis of age.

How should the trial court rule on PBI's motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted?

Homework Hints:

This homework deals with disparate treatment language in the ADEA

Does the ADEA protect a certain type of group?

Is a bonus a type of compensation?

Are there other cases you read in the text or reflections on readings that are persuasive for your argument on how the trial court should rule?