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An age limit may be legally specified in the circumstance, where age has been shown to be a "bona fide occupational qualification [BFOQ], reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the particular business" (see 29 U.S.C. § 623(f)(1)). In practice, BFOQs for age are limited to the obvious (hiring a young actor to play a young character in ...
The Legal Questions Of Ageism. Ageism, like any other form of workplace discrimination can have significant consequences. I don’t just mean the obvious cases, such as the recent cases against ...
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) is a United States law (codified at 15 U.S.C. § 1691 et seq.), enacted 28 October 1974, [3] 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.
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2 FBL Financial Services, Inc. , 557 U.S. 167 (2009), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 2009, involving the standard of proof required for a claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).
In 50 years’ time, there are likely to be an additional 8.6 million people aged 65 years and over – a workforce roughly the size of London.
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union whose Article 21 prohibits all discrimination including on basis of disability, age and sexual orientation Directive 76/207/EEC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions
Age is often bumped to a secondary consideration behind other demographics in the push for diversity. That may be because many people don't really think ageism is wrong — even though US law has ...
Agequake: Riding the Demographic Rollercoaster Shaking Business, Finance and our World is a book written by Paul Wallace and published in 1999, that investigates the possible ramifications and implications as a significant and unprecedented portion of the human population ages. [1]