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That’s not quite what the law says.
From eeoc.gov:
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) protects individuals who are 40 years of age or older from employment discrimination based on age. The ADEA’s protections apply to both employees and job applicants. Under the ADEA, it is unlawful to discriminate against a person because of his/her age with respect to any term, condition, or privilege of employment, including hiring, firing, promotion, layoff, compensation, benefits, job assignments, and training. The ADEA permits employers to favor older workers based on age even when doing so adversely affects a younger worker who is 40 or older.
What the law doesn’t say is “this means you can choose to not hire a 25 year old solely because that person is too young as far as you’re concerned”. You can if age could be a legal factor, but the burdern woudl be on the employer. The law keeps people over the age of 40 from NOT being hired because they’re too old. It has nothing to do with “I’m not hiring that 30 year old because I think she’s too young and anyway, she might have a kid”.
It also doesn’t say “you can discriminate based on childbearing age” - which made me chuckle because my guess is the poster doesn’t realize just how long we can actually have kids.
What is in the law is that it only covers employers with 20 or more employees.
And furthermore, it all varies by state as well.
I still have no empathy if his business fails.
From eeoc.gov:
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) protects individuals who are 40 years of age or older from employment discrimination based on age. The ADEA’s protections apply to both employees and job applicants. Under the ADEA, it is unlawful to discriminate against a person because of his/her age with respect to any term, condition, or privilege of employment, including hiring, firing, promotion, layoff, compensation, benefits, job assignments, and training. The ADEA permits employers to favor older workers based on age even when doing so adversely affects a younger worker who is 40 or older.
What the law doesn’t say is “this means you can choose to not hire a 25 year old solely because that person is too young as far as you’re concerned”. You can if age could be a legal factor, but the burdern woudl be on the employer. The law keeps people over the age of 40 from NOT being hired because they’re too old. It has nothing to do with “I’m not hiring that 30 year old because I think she’s too young and anyway, she might have a kid”.
It also doesn’t say “you can discriminate based on childbearing age” - which made me chuckle because my guess is the poster doesn’t realize just how long we can actually have kids.
What is in the law is that it only covers employers with 20 or more employees.
And furthermore, it all varies by state as well.
I still have no empathy if his business fails.
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