B · Element × raw variant-label matrix
Each cell counts only merits instance blocks and distinct cases for that element and variant. 0 is a recorded variant with no counted instance; — means not recorded for this element. Cases may occur in multiple cells. Shading groups counts as 0, 1, 2, or 3+ and carries no quality or confidence meaning. Raw labels are not a curated route taxonomy.
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| Element | age-neutral-cap | appeal/age-claims-abandoned | applicant/outside-employee-impact-coverage | benefit-liquidation/retirement-eligibility-condition | causation/charge-followed-by-continuing-pattern | charge-accrual/unequivocal-waiver-enforcement-notice | compensated-employee | defined-benefit | defined-contribution | discharge | discharge/employer-terminated-worker | distribution-adjustment | financial-purpose/eliminate-unemployment-plan-with-union-support | foreign-conflict | hiring | hiring/customer-service-and-pay-range-reasons | hybrid-and-offset | inducement | membership | opposition | other-factor | participation | participation/eeoc-age-discrimination-charge | pension/section-623-i-compliance | pretext/grandbabies-remark-and-younger-replacement | pretext/inadequate-qualification-comparison | qualification | reduction-in-force/retirement-reference-without-decision-link | referral | retaliation/leave-and-termination-after-charge | retaliation/transfer-denial-after-hotline-complaint | seniority-benefit | statistical-impact/retirement-eligible-subgroup | subsidies-and-normal-age | terms | younger-comparison |
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| Age-based notice or advertisement AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Judicial but-for standard for age-based treatment AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Judicial impact requirement of significant causal disparity AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Agency referral discrimination AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Conditional bona fide seniority system or benefit plan EXCEPTION | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Narrow bona fide occupational qualification EXCEPTION | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Displayed scope and specialized exclusions AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Wage reduction to comply AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Employer agency or union advertiser AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Covered employment agency AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Employer coverage and exclusions AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Employer agency union or combination maintaining a pension plan AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Covered labor organization AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Hiring discharge or employment terms AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared |
| Charge filing waiver and remedies AND | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Age sixty-five executive or high-policymaker compulsory retirement EXCEPTION | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Route-conditioned statutory f(1) and f(2) alternatives EXCEPTION | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Foreign workplace conflict with local law EXCEPTION | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Good cause for employer discharge or discipline EXCEPTION | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Judicial outside-applicant coverage limit where circuit precedent controls AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Judicial impact requirement to identify a particular practice AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Age-based accrual or allocation cessation or reduction OR | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Establish or maintain an employee pension benefit plan AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Subsection i pension qualifications and compliance EXCEPTION | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 |
| Opposition or participation AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Age forty or older AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Conditional state firefighter and law-enforcement hiring or retirement EXCEPTION | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Retaliatory causal connection AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Judicial material-adversity standard for retaliation AND | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Reasonable factors other than age DEFENSE | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 1 merits blocks 1 cases Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |
| Membership classification referral or causing discrimination OR | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | 0 merits blocks 0 cases Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared | — Not declared |