Age_Discrimination

Age Discrimination The effects of discrimination have been pervasive in our society for many years. Over 30 years ago, initial legislation was enacted to eliminate discrimination in employment due to race, color, sex, religion or national origin. Several years later, the Age Discrimination Employment Act of 1967 made it unlawful to discriminate against any individual with respect to his/her compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment due to age. However, age discrimination continues to be a problem that particularly manifests itself in the workplace. This paper is concerned with examining the origins of the discrimination that occurs in the workplace and the background of ADEA. Background. In Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, discrimination in employment based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin was prohibited. These groups were seen as entities who had borne the brunt of severe past discrimination. The act was a giant step forward in industrial relations in terms of preventing employers form arbitrarily discriminating against their employees for non job-related reasons. However, Age Discrimination in employment was not prohibited by Title VII. Subsequently in 1967, another statute was enacted to provide group protection age, discrimination, employment, performance, act, been, however, employees, adea, older, job, employee, against, younger, years, protected, group, due, terms, retirement, prohibited, perform, least, enacted, employers, employer, employee’s, discharge, bfoq, 2002, workplace, workers, unlawful, respect, promotion