Age Discrimination
– Age Discrimination
In California the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), as well as the Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act prohibits age discrimination.
In general, age discrimination can be seen as different treatment of an employee because he or she is over 40 years of age.
Make a list of all witnesses
As with other types of employment discrimination, employers don’t come out and say that: “you are too old so we’re firing you”; however, evidence of discriminatory comments that are often subtle may provide good evidence of a discriminatory intent.
The Language of Age Discrimination
The phrases below may be the sorts of remarks that evidence age discrimination at work or when applying for work.
“old man”
“you don’t fit our culture”
“we need a digital native”
"five to seven years experience"
"recent college graduate"
"move in a younger direction"
"it's time for you to retire"
Protect Yourself
Economic and emotional damages usually occur when these laws are violated. If you believe you may been the victim of age discrimination it is important that you protect your case. Age discrimination, harassment or retaliation should not force you to quit. Get help instead.
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