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Archives: Age Discrimination
Employment Status as Useful Screening Tool? Unlikely
If you follow employment news online and in print media, you may have noticed new allegations arising that some employers are discriminating against job applicants based on their current employment status. Employment status is another facially neutral screening criteria, much … Continue reading
Avoiding Charges of Age Discrimination; What You Need to Know
Despite the fact that older workers were less likely to be laid off in the economic downturn, they seem to have a much tougher time than their younger counterparts finding a new job. Research done at the Urban Institute shows … Continue reading
Posted in Age Discrimination, EEOC
Tagged ADEA, Age Discrimination, Downsizing, EEOC, Hiring and age, HR best practices, Training and age
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Australian Fair Work Ombudsman Offers Advice to Mature Workers
A new resource for mature-age workers informing them on how to avoid age discrimination at work has been released by Australia’s Fair Work Ombudsman. Executive Director of the Fair Work Ombudsman, Michael Campbell, said tens of thousands of brochures would … Continue reading
EEOC Explores Plight of Older Workers in Current Economic Climate
In a Nov. 17 meeting, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) heard testimony that age discrimination is causing the nation’s older workers to have a difficult time maintaining and finding new employment, a problem exacerbated by the downturn in … Continue reading
Posted in Age Discrimination
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