Age Discrimination:
Here is some handy information which I found at the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights: web site.
There is a lot of other good stuff there for people who feel their
employers are being less than forthright. In addition to this,
I found the procedures for filing a complaint with the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission (EEOC). If you want to read the procedure
for filing click here ------>EEOC.
AGE
If you are 40 years of age or older, it is illegal for an employer
with 20 or more employees to: discriminate against you in your
compensation or terms, conditions, or privileges of employment
based on your age; classify or segregate you, or limit your activities
so you are deprived of job opportunities or adversely affected
in employment status; discriminate against you in the operation
of a seniority system; with certain narrow exceptions, discriminate
against you with respect to employee benefit plans, fringe benefits,
or pension benefits.
It is also illegal for an employer to indicate an age preference
or limitation in notices or advertisements for employment unless
age is a genuine job qualification.
Classifications and preferences based on age have been allowed
only in narrow circumstances, generally in jobs involving public
safety. To justify unequal treatment, the employer must show that
age is a genuine qualification of the job and that there is no
other course of action that would achieve his or her goals with
a less discriminatory impact.
For more information regarding age discrimination in the workplace,
contact the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Among the Federal laws which require people to be treated equally are the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1991, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974, the Individuals With Disabilities Act, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, the Fair Housing Act of 1968, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, and Executive Order 11246 (1965) as amended by Executive Order 11375 (1967).
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