In the US, an English tutoring company catering to Chinese students, iTutor Group Inc., has reached a settlement of $356,000 following an age discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
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Nearly all older adults (93%) have experienced some form of ageism in their everyday lives and this may have affected their health, according to researchers from the University of Michigan.
The Supreme Court of the United States has extended the scope of a "minsterial exception" to discrimination laws, potentially bringing many teachers at religious schools outside of the scope of protection against age discrimination.
Older Americans tend to think remaining in the workforce is good for both the US economy and American workers. Younger Americans disagree…
In Arkansas, the House today failed to pass a bill that would end mandatory retirement of state judges.
The decision of Judge Michael Scudder (approved by a majority) ruled that the "disparate impact" provisions of the ADEA apply only to workers already in employment.
The Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act ("POWADA") would reverse the 2009 Supreme Court decision which made it harder to win a claim of age discrimination.
A study examined the effect of medical marijuana laws on older Americans (ie aged 51 or over) and found that there was a marked increase in wellbeing and hours worked.
Tinder has settled a claim by users in California who were charged more to access the “dating” app's premium service because they were aged 29 or over.
To mark the 50th anniversary of the US Age Discrimination in Employment Act coming into force, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a report into age discrimination at work.
Former materials buyer Codie Rael was been awarded $31 million - $3m compensatory damages and $28m punitive damages – after being forced out in 2014.
According to reports, the Black Eyed Peas singer and star of The Voice UK has been hit with an age discrimination claim.
The Gerontological Society of America has published a report, “Longevity Economics: Leveraging the Advantages of an Aging Society” highlighting America's changing age demographics and suggesting a number of policy priorities.
Robert Braden was 66 years old at the time of a layoff in 2012, ending a 29 year long career. Braden claimed the layoffs were intended to target older workers and "replace them with younger workers.”
Deborah Miller (60) was placed on a performance improvement plan whilst on medical leave and informed that "this will not end well", despite performing better than her younger (and mostly male) peers.
IMDB wants to have struck down a new California law that requires them to remove actors' ages from their site (upon request).
Congressmen in the US want to reverse a Supreme Court decision that made it harder for people to claim age discrimination.
A new US study from the National Economic Bureau of Research shows women facing persistent age discrimination as they get older.