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Age Discrimination act of 1967 :Age Discrimination act of 1967 BY: Derek Patrick
2/23/09
Age Discrimination act :Age Discrimination act Makes it illegal to discriminate against people over 40 in hiring, promoting, or discharging employees.
to limit, segregate, or classify his or her employees in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his status as an employee, because of such individual’s age
Definition :Definition Discrimination in hiring, promotions, wages, or firing/layoffs.
Statements or specifications in job notices or advertisements of age preference and limitations.
Denial of benefits to older employees. An employer may reduce benefits based on age only if the cost of providing the reduced benefits to older workers is the same as the cost of providing full benefits to younger workers.
Since 1978 it has prohibited mandatory retirement in most sectors, with phased elimination of mandatory retirement for tenured workers, such as college professors, in 1993.
Job Notices and Advertisements :Job Notices and Advertisements The ADEA generally makes it unlawful to include age preferences, limitations, or specifications in job notices or advertisements. A job notice or advertisement may specify an age limit only in the rare circumstances where age is shown to be a "bona fide occupational qualification" (BFOQ) reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the business.
Remedies :Remedies ADEA remedies include reinstatement and back pay for employee or damages if reinstatement is not feasible and/or employer's violation is intentional.
Slide 6:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_Discrimination_in_Employment_Act
http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/adea.html
http://www.eeoc.gov/types/age.html