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Age Bias Suits - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 1st Apr, 2005 - 6:09am
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Post Date: 31st Mar, 2005 - 11:56am / Post ID: #
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Age Bias Suits
A BOON TO AGE-BIAS SUITS
Workers age 40 and over who sue their employers for age discrimination need not prove that the discrimination was intentional, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday.
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Post Date: 1st Apr, 2005 - 6:09am / Post ID: #
Suits Bias Age
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| Adopting a pro-worker interpretation of the federal law that prohibits age discrimination in employment, the 5-3 decision held that employees can prevail by showing that a policy has a discriminatory impact on older workers, regardless of the employer's motivation. |
I think with the ever increasing age of America's work force, this is a step in the right direction. I do believe that age discrimination happens quite a bit, and not necessarily intentionally either. I think that companies naturally tend to promote and cater to younger people simply due to the fact that their future with the company has more potential because they will be around longer. Its not something that is done intentionally, it just sort of happens due to the mind set of most companies.
I hope that other areas of discrimination will adopt this type of thinking in relationship to the courts and legal system. I would like to see similar positions adopted on discriminatory issues that involve religion and race discrimination. Its not right to discriminate no matter what, a person should be judged by the job they do, not by their age, sex, color, sexual preference, or religious preference. I know we are still a long way away from that, but its a start.
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