The Tenth Circuit upheld an arbitrator’s award in favor of an over 60-year-old sales director on her Age Discrimination in Employment Act claim against Dex Media, Inc., after the company demoted her from director to sales representative and voiced a preference for younger employees. Dex Media claimed that the arbitrator violated the parties’ arbitration agreement by disregarding the but-for causation standard and exceeded her powers by insufficiently explaining her findings and conclusions. The court determined the arbitrator’s analysis showed that she applied the correct standard, because her decision discussed Dex Media’s goal to get rid of older employees, the director’s ...

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