Title: Job Ageism and Labor Law Disputes in the Workplace
Headings: Forced Out, Older Workers Are Fighting Back
Forced Out, Older Workers Are Fighting Back
Here's how some are coping with what they see as age bias at this stage in their career
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Content: Job Ageism and Labor Law Disputes in the Workplace
Forced Out, Older Workers Are Fighting Back
Here's how some are coping with what they see as age bias at this stage in their career
by Carole Fleck, AARP Bulletin, May 2014 | Comments: 42
Click infographic to view larger image. En español | The signs at first are disguised, then painfully apparent, they say. Solid performance reviews suddenly turn negative. Invitations to weekly and monthly meetings are no longer forthcoming. New demands and quotas seem harsh and unreasonable. In what some see as age bias, older workers are being forced out of their jobs. Read the five profiles on these pages to see how some workers are coping at this stage of their careers. What's the law? Age discrimination claims have been on the rise since 1997, when 15,785 reports were filed, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.