A Discussion of Age Discrimination in the Workplace
that the company will only hire younger people for the position.
Age discrimination is but one in many different forms of discrimination in the workplace. The ADEA protects employees over the age of 40 from being wrongfully terminated, laid-off, passed over for promotions, or not being considered for the job based on age. The court case Adams, Wanda, et al. v. Florida Power Corp., et al. showed that even though there was a large percentage of employees over the age 40 who were laid-off, the courts ruled in favor of the Florida Power Corporation citing that the Adams case nit not have the necessary evidence to claim disparate impact. The best thing that management can do to protect a company is to keep accurate records of the employee so the records can be referenced at any future time.
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