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Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967

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Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967

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Age DiscriminationTable of ContentsDescription.....................................................................................................................................2Discussion......................................................................................................................................3a.Age Discrimination.............................................................................................................3b.The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA).....................................4c.Managing Age diversity in workplace.............................................................................5d.Equal employment opportunity........................................................................................6Conclusion......................................................................................................................................7References.....................................................................................................................................81
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Age DiscriminationThis report deals with the discussion of the article “You’re How Old? We’ll be in Touch” published in New York Times on 3rd September 2016 and is written by Ashton Applewhite.DescriptionThe article raises the question the age prejudice and discrimination happening at the workplace. Age discrimination at workplace is seen to be highly problematic for the older working population. The author expresses the various issues face by the elderly section of the society at their workplace and how the experienced workers are not considered for jobs. With the widespread discrimination against the elder workers on thebasis of their age, their promotion, training and even any pressure for taking the redundancy packages or any case of retirement is overlooked. However, compulsory retirement and age discrimination are against the law and are also seen to be costly for the community as well as employers. It has further been mentioned by the author that various information and data has been presented which depict that the mature workers are more reliable, master new skills, more engaging than the millennials. However, they take considerable time in completing a task and longer recovery time in case of any injury. This leads to getting them in trouble and to become less employable even when they are at no fault.The author further notifies that some of the progressive companies do understand the importance of hiring mature workers so as not to hurt the profits and productivity. But the mature workers face the issues of cultural fits in the organization due to discomfort caused because of the age gap. This age gap creates a profoundly age-segregated society in the workplace. In the conclusion, the author focusses on the fact that age 2
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