Pushing older workers out the door may violate the law

That’s what one employer found out when it repeatedly asked a worker approaching her 65th birthday when she was going to retire and then fired her because she wouldn’t retire. The EEOC found that the employer violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and filed suit against the employer in federal district court. A trial attorney for the EEOC New Orleans Field Office, said “harmful and misplaced stereotypes about age do not belong in the workplace, and employers that discriminate against older workers violate the law.” #IdeaoftheDay

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