The Environmental Protection Agency is entitled to summary judgment on a 58-year-old employee’s claims of retaliation, constructive demotion, and disparate treatment in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act alleging that she was assigned to a junior position after a departmental reorganization, a D.C. federal district court ruled. Her supervisor’s comment that the agency wanted younger employees for a more senior position wasn’t direct evidence of discrimination because she was later offered the position and declined, the court found. Further, she failed to provide evidence that she was treated less favorably than younger employees, she didn’t suffer a loss ...

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