According to a recent CNBC News story, a growing number of older workers have reported experiencing age discrimination both while searching for a job and at their place of employment. In turn, this discrimination is making it difficult to find work and save for retirement.
In fact, roughly 50 percent of workers between 45 and 70 years old report
age discrimination, and many of those older Americans out of work believe
that age discrimination played a role in negatively impacting their ability
to get a job.
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) prohibits employment discrimination
against workers 40 years or older. At places of employment with more than
20 employees, employers may not use age as a factor in job related decisions
such as hiring, firing, promotion, layoffs, and job assignments. It also
protects older workers against harassment, which typically involves hostility
of abuse directed at you by other employees because of your age, and from
retaliation against you for complaining about age discrimination or for
participating in someone else’s age discrimination case.
Despite this law, thousands of older workers still face discrimination,
with age discrimination being one of the fastest growing areas.
For more information, or if you believe that you may have suffered age discrimination, please contact the experienced Georgia age discrimination lawyers at Buckley Bala Wilson Mew LLP, LLP for an immediate, confidential case evaluation.