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The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) is a United States law (codified at 15 U.S.C. § 1691 et seq.), enacted 28 October 1974, [9] that makes it unlawful for any creditor to discriminate against any applicant, with respect to any aspect of a credit transaction, on the basis of (among other things) age, provided the applicant has the capacity to contract.
The ADEA does not prohibit an employer from favoring an older employee over a younger one, even when the younger one is over 40 years old. [6] However, such practice may be illegal in states like New Jersey , New York , and District of Columbia where workers ages 18 and older are protected from age discrimination, therefore, employers cannot ...
Other statutes provide protection to groups not covered by the federal acts. Some state laws provide greater protection to employees of the state or of state contractors. The following table lists categories not protected by federal law. Age is included as well, since federal law only covers workers over 40.
I don’t just mean the obvious cases, such as the recent cases against Elon Musk’s X for laying off workers older than 50 at a disproportionate rate or the Meathead Movers case being brought by ...
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In my opinion, the National Labor Relations Board correctly found that respondent, Kentucky River Community Care, Inc., failed to prove that the six registered nurses employed at its facility in Pippa Passes, Kentucky, are "supervisors" within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act....
The Real ID Act of 2005 created federal requirements for driver's licenses and ID cards issued by states and was originally supposed to take effect in 2008. The deadline was extended several times ...
The law was amended in 1972 to add Supplemental Security Income, which provides cash assistance to individuals, 65 years of age or older. The passage of The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 further protected the financial rights of older people by prohibiting employers from discriminating against people who are 40 years of age or older.