BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Age Discrimination
- unfavorable treatment in employment based on prejudice in relation to a person's age. While age discrimination affects people at all stages of their working lives, difficulties experienced in selection, development, and promotion can be particularly acute at the two extremes of the age spectrum. Countries such as Australia and the United States have passed legislation to make it unlawful to discriminate on the basis of age.
- Also known as Ageism
Additional Resources
- 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules age discrimination case gets another chance in court
- A former Kelly Services salesperson will have another shot at suing the company for firing her in retaliation for raising concerns of age discrimination, although she lacks the probative evidence to pursue the age-discrimination claim, the 8th U.S. CircuiA former Kelly Services salesperson will have another shot at suing the...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- Congress must fix ADEA.(Age Discrimination in Employment Act)(Brief Article)
- IF THERE EVER WAS a court decision that calls for congressional intervention, a ruling last month by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is it. As we reported, the court found that under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, age discrimination IF THERE EVER...
- Research articles 2000-09-04
- Top court considers 5 cases alleging age discrimination
- WASHINGTON -- There is only one anti-bias law -- the one against discrimination based on age -- that would cover all nine Supreme Court justices, if such laws applied to them. The justices, ranging in age from 53 to 87, are the last people to worry about such...
- Research articles 2008-02-18
- Our readers spill the beans about age discrimination
- Khol, Ronald Machine Design 10-09-2003 Our readers spill the beans about age discrimination Byline: Khol, Ronald Volume: 75 Number: 19 ISSN: 00249114 Publication Date: 10-09-2003 Page: 14 Section: Editor's comment Type: Periodical Language: English 13#vety=7;enum=1; The editorial in our july 10, 2003 issue talked about blatant age discrimination...
- Research articles 2003-10-09
- How To Knock Down Age Discrimination In Your Job Search
- Age discrimination is wrong. But it doesn't stop some people from perpetrating it on others. Especially in the workplace. If your age could be problematic for your employment, you need to be prepared in advance to deal with it. There are some things you can do in advance. And there...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Age before beauty, top court rules.(Top Stories Of The Week)(US Supreme Court decision in General Dynamics Land Systems v. Cline regarding interpretation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act)
- Washington In a victory for corporate insurance buyers, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act does not prevent employers from discriminating in favor of older workers. In a 6-3 decision, the high court sa Washington...
- Research articles 2004-03-01
- EEOC files age suit against allstate. (Late Breaking News).(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed an age-discrimination suit against Allstate Corp.)(Brief Article)
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a suit against Allstate Corp., alleging it engaged in age-discrimination against its agents. The suit was filed just before the new year in the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia. Talks be U.S. Equal...
- Research articles 2002-01-07
- COURT FALLOUT: Future of cash balance plans in question; All hybrids imperiled if IBM age discrimination ruling is upheld.(News)
- Byline: Fred Williams Most cash balance plans would be illegal if a federal judge's opinion that IBM Corp.'s plan violates federal age discrimination laws is upheld and becomes the accepted legal standard. On July 31, U.S. District Judge G. Patr Byline:...
- Research articles 2003-08-18
- Ameritech bias alleged. (age discrimination practices during layoffs in 1992 and 1993)
- Hundreds of former local execs may be affected The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, after a three-year investigation, is alleging that Ameritech Corp. practiced age discrimination during layoffs in 1992 and 1993 - an action that may affecHundreds of former local execs may be affected ...
- Research articles 1996-07-01
- Union Filing Age Discrimination Complaint Against FAA
- WHEATON, Md., Feb. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National Association of Air Traffic Specialists NAATS announced today they have filed a class action complaint against the FAA for age discrimination. The complaint identifies 1,935 Controllers adversely affeWHEATON, Md., Feb. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National Association of Air Traffic...
- Research articles 2005-02-09
- NASA gets away with blatant age discrimination
- 00-00-0000 NASA gets away with blatant age discrimination 00-00-0000 NASA gets away with blatant age discrimination
- Research articles 2003-07-10
- In Brief.(Allstate Insurance Co. accused for age discrimination)(Wal-Mart Stores Inc. planning for generic prescription drug program)(Willis Group Holdings Ltd.'s Joe Plumeri awarded as Insurance Leader of the Year )
- Jury to hear Allstate age-discrimination suit A federal judge ruled a that jury will decide whether Allstate Insurance Co.'s yearlong moratorium on rehiring its former sales agents disproportionately affected workers aged 40 years and older. The l Jury to hear Allstate age-discrimination suit...
- Research articles 2006-10-23
- 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules age discrimination case gets
- A former Kelly Services salesperson will have another shot at suing the company for firing her in retaliation for raising concerns of age discrimination, although she lacks the probative evidence to pursue the age-discrimination claim, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said last week.
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- Whose rights were trampled?(age discrimination )
- On February 24, 2004, the U.S Supreme Court rendered its decision in the highly-publicized case, General Dynamics Land Systems v. Cline. This case, generally referred to as a reverse age discrimination lawsuit, had both employers and employees on p On February 24, 2004, the...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- Legal confusion hurting cash balance usefulness; Despite rulings, there is no age discrimination problem.(Other Views)
- Byline: Alvin D. Lurie The decision of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois last summer in Cooper vs. IBM, holding the IBM Corp. cash balance plan violated the federal age discrimination statutes, set off tremors that have Byline: Alvin...
- Research articles 2004-09-20
- Age discrimination cases could rise as work force grows older.(Legal Affairs)
- Byline: Eileen Beal How does a $7.8 million punch to the bottom-line - because you didn't follow workplace age discrimination rules following a layoff - sound? That's the wallop that Philips Medical Systems, a division of Philips Electronics of Byline:...
- Research articles 2007-04-16
- Pension bias rules likely to be revised; Pension equity plans overlooked.(News)(Treasury Department will revise proposed pension plan age discrimination rules)
- Byline: JERRY GEISEL WASHINGTON-The Treasury Department is expected to revamp proposed pension plan age discrimination rules to ensure that a popular hybrid pension plan design does not automatically flunk the rules. Those proposed rules, issued Byline: JERRY GEISEL ...
- Research articles 2003-01-27
- Vermont Grocery Firm Fined for Age Discrimination Policies.(Originated from The Boston Globe)
- May 13--A Vermont wholesale grocery firm was ordered to pay $910,000 to settle an age discrimination suit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of dozens of applicants who were turned down for work at the grocer because th May 13--A...
- Research articles 1997-05-13
- Boston Edison to Settle Age Discrimination Suit.(Originated from The Boston Globe)
- Dec. 19--Boston Edison Co. will pay $2.25 million to 34 former employees who charged the utility with age discrimination during a 1988 layoff, which an executive was quoted as saying was designed to "get rid of the older people." Dec. 19--Boston...
- Research articles 1996-12-19
- 8th Circuit Court of Appeals gives age discrimination case gets
- A former Kelly Services salesperson will have another shot at suing the company for firing her in retaliation for raising concerns of age discrimination, although she lacks the probative evidence to pursue the age-discrimination claim, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said last week. But one...
- Research articles 2005-06-02
