29 U.S.C.A. § 621(b) (1985). The enforcement scheme under the ADEA is extensive. Generally, according to § 626(b), damages under the Act constitute back pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). However, in addition to the relief offered under the FSLA, the ADEA also has a provision in § 626(b) which provides for liquidated damages in cases of “willful violations” of the Act. Willful violations occur when the employer knew its conduct violated the ADEA or showed reckless disregard for whether its conduct violated the ADEA. See Trans-World Airlines v. Thurston, 469 U.S. 111, 125-28, 105 S.Ct. 613, 623-25, 83 L.Ed.2d 523 (1985). Liquidated damages are awarded in an amount equal to the amount of back pay awarded in a case. Wehr v. Burroughs Corp., 619 F.2d 276, 278 (3rd Cir.1980) (<HOLDING>). In other words, where a violation of the ADEA
holding that in private action for damages under this chapter plaintiff may initially recover lost wages and in addition he may recover liquidated damages in amount equal to unpaid wages but only when violation is willful holding that a plan participant or beneficiary may not recover extracontractual damages in an erisa suit for breach of fiduciary duty under  502a2 and 409a only the plan may recover damages in such cases holding that a plaintiff cannot assert a statutory claim for wages under the labor law if he has no enforceable contractual right to those wages holding that in order to recover damages under the lanham act plaintiff must prove that there was a violation that plaintiff has been damaged and that there is a causal connection between the violation and those damages holding that a jury cannot award damages for medical expenses and lost wages without also awarding damages for pain and suffering where the plaintiff was injured due to the defendants negligence