Title: Age Discrimination Still Thrives in America
Headings: Workplace Age Discrimination Still Flourishes in America
Workplace Age Discrimination Still Flourishes in America
It's time to step up and stop the last acceptable bias
Ageism: An accepted bias
AARP Is fighting age discrimination
ADEA and flawed laws
"I was still on my game, but was being moved … to make room for someone younger."
The company perspective on age bias
EEOC: A watchdog loses its bark
"The EEOC has significantly elevated the attention the agency gives to age discrimination issues."
Video: How to fight age discrimination in the workplace
Working toward solutions for age discrimination
Special Report: Age Discrimination in America
Age bias appears in thousands of job listings
Learn the language of age discrimination in the workplace
Court cases can leave older workers with little to celebrate
AARP is fighting to protect older workers

Content: In the workplace, we found illegal age discrimination in three main areas: Recruitment and hiring, when younger applicants are shown favor simply because of their age. On-the-job bias, when older workers receive fewer training opportunities, promotions and rewards, or are harassed. Termination, when a company “freshens” its workforce or trims budget by targeting senior employees for layoffs or encouraging them to retire. Paul Rupert, of Respectful Exits, suggests — persuasively — that the problem emanates from our free-enterprise roots. The predominant business model in this country is still an industrial one where companies view employees as “human capital,” he says. “ It’s a sad phrase, but companies view their workforce the same way they view their capital equipment. You buy it, you assume it has a certain shelf life, and then you get rid of it and replace it with a new model.” Stories like these are typical: “I became aware of ageism when it happened to a couple of people I cared about,” says Patti Temple Rocks, who has spent 38 years in communications and is the author of I’m Not Done: