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Age Discrimination
Age discrimination is far more common in workplaces than we recognize. With new technology and the current fast pace of work environments, it’s easy for others to assume the worst of their older colleagues, and act on it.
When someone discriminates against you on the basis of age in the workplace, it can often lead to exclusion and termination. It was not that long ago that the idea of a “mandatory retirement” at the age of 65 was not uncommon.
If you or someone you know is going through discrimination on the basis of age, reach out to us at Sedaghat Law Group. We know how this kind of discrimination can go unnoticed, and we are familiar with how it feels in working with so many clients in this practice area. Get lawyers you can trust, in confidentiality and in getting the justice you deserve for your discrimination case.
What Constitutes Age Discrimination
In The Workplace?
Simply put, age discrimination is any conduct, behavior, or action where any employer, peer, or group in your office uses your years of experience or actual age against you in a detrimental way. It typically occurs with employees who are 40 or older, but it can happen to anyone at any time.
There are many ways someone can be discriminated against on the basis of age. Common ways include:
- Not receiving promotions, career opportunities, or other workplace benefits due to age.
- Being excluded from meetings, conversations, or workplace activities/opportunities due to age.
- Being offered inferior pay, benefits, or job tasks/assignments due to age.
- Having hours cut or even being demoted due to age.
- Being subjected to business policies and practices that discriminate on age.
- Being fired, laid off, let go, or even forced to quit due to age.
- Not being hired due to age.
Typically speaking, age discrimination occurs with a younger supervisor, but it’s not uncommon for owners, manager, supervisors, or other higher-ups to discriminate that are older than you. Additionally, it’s not uncommon for women to experience age discrimination more frequently and at a younger age.
If you have experienced any of these setbacks, send us an email or call us for a free consultation so we can evaluate your situation.
Conduct And Behaviors of
Age Discrimination
Superiors and peers can exhibit age discrimination in various ways. While all the reasons are different to the discriminator, the behavior and conduct is wrong and illegal. In our years bringing cases to court and to judgments in favor of our clients, we’ve seen a lot of discriminatory behavior, which may be evidence that is persuasive in court.
- Inappropriate remarks, unwanted comments on appearance in regards to age, harassing statements, unwelcome jokes, derisive comments on the pace or “slowness” of the worker, comments about technological proficiency, and/or frequent asking when they are going to retire.
- Hiring younger workers almost exclusively.
- A younger employee replacing an older one, especially with lower qualifications. This can also occur to pay the younger employee less money, which is still age discrimination.
- Younger employees enjoying and receiving promotions, career opportunities, better work conditions, higher pay raises, other workplace benefits, and other preferential treatment.
- Older workers being excluded from meetings, training sessions, and other growth opportunities within the company.
- Evidence of a loss of duties, hours, pay, and any other tasks/assignments.
- In layoffs, older employees being the vast majority of the workforce reduction.
- Evidence of policies or practices that affect older employees differently and disparately.
Sedaghat Law Has
Got Your Back
Age discrimination is easy to let slide, even if you are the victim. It could be easy to say it’s time to head to the door, but that only sets a precedent of further discrimination in your wake. Sedaghat Law Group is here to help you stand up to age discrimination in the workplace. We’re available 24/7 and ready for your call or email.
We’re lawyers you can trust with these sensitive issues, and we offer free consultations, which feel like conversations with our experienced staff attorneys. We take your case seriously and so should you. By standing up to age discrimination today, you’re not passing the buck to someone else tomorrow.
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