Age Discrimination

AGE DISCRIMINATION

Everywhere people discriminate in one way or the other. It may be based on age, health condition, status, sex, child birth, pregnancy etc. mainly in this article we are going to deal with discrimination related to AGE because the senior citizen may also have the necessity to work for their survival and for other basic amenities.

An employee should not be discriminated because of his age. The employer should determine the person by his qualification and skills and not by his/her age. The employer think that it is easy to give training to younger staff as they are fresh and can be molded in any way the employer like than the old employees as they will have a determined mind. Moreover the older employees are costlier than the younger ones.

If you are a 55 year old person and you have been dismissed out of your job because of your age and have been replaced by a younger employee it is also a kind of discrimination for which you can file a case against the employer by appealing in EEOC
(EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPURTUNITY COMMISSION). This will help the employees to settle the case amicably and come to a favorable solution.

To protect as well as preserve the elder senior workers from any of the malpractices or injustice and also mainly to make sure that same opportunity as others is given to them is enacted in the employment act.

If a job requires very hard physical work the employer can set age limits for that job alone because the older ones will not have that much stamina to withstand the tiring work. In such cases age discrimination is not unlawful.