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A 13 page paper which examines the condition of age discrimination in places of employment and discusses the case of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v Sidley & Austin. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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becomes stressed and controversial. With many of the baby boomers coming into retirement age the concerns deepen as many people are still wanting to work well into their 60s, if
not longer in some cases. There are laws in place that protect older adults from being discriminated against in the workforce, but as is the case with many issues in
the nation, this is not always enough to ensure discrimination does not take place. The AARP (2006) states, "Workers should get and keep jobs based on their ability, not age.
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) protects people age 40 and over from employment discrimination based on age." While age discrimination
is so tightly guarded through laws that it becomes less and less of a problem, there are industries that are apparently finding a way around the legal aspects, and there
are companies that are claiming that those who claim age discrimination are not employees but rather employers (as will be seen in the case with the EEOC v Sidley &
Austin). So, although people do not really think age discrimination is a serious problem, due to protective laws, the truth is that age discrimination happens every day and even in
the most powerful and largest companies in the nation. With this brief information at hand, The following paper fist examines the laws
and situations concerning age discrimination in the workforce, breaking down the elements of the laws. The paper discusses, in that particular section, what is called "forced ranking," which appears to
be a tightly constructed way to discriminate due to age. The paper then focuses on the recent, apparently long lived, case of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v Sidley &
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