Despite federal and state laws prohibiting age discrimination in employment, older workers regularly have difficulty staying in their careers, let alone advancing.

Employers discriminate against older workers whom they perceive to be:

•· More expensive

•· Less productive

•· Out of touch with trends and technology

Discrimination against workers is against the law. Yet, in practice, wily employers skirt the law, and often get away with it.

A recent journal article explains how succession planning, a legitimate business model, can morph into age discrimination in employment. You will find the article reported at
http://www.weil.com/~/media/files/pdfs/employer_update_august_2014.pdf

In an earlier post, we wrote about ways in which workers may prove that they were not hired for a job because of their age. In this post, we will focus on the urgency of a workplace discrimination victim taking action when the discrimination occurs. The main motivation is retirement, the long-term reward for an employee’s career dedication. To securely retire, one must have saved sufficient funds to pay for it. To fund their retirement, increasing numbers of workers stay more years than they are required to.

Some older workers find themselves forced into earlier retirement than they had intended. Such people may have lost a job and then been unable to find another one for so long that they stopped looking. The unfortunate result could be a retirement that is less well funded and therefore less desirable than they had anticipated.

Early identification of an age discrimination claim is important. Getting in touch with knowledgeable legal counsel to pursue the issue is vital. Commencing a legitimate discrimination claim at its onset could prove maximally beneficial.

If you believe you are the victim of workplace age discrimination, please call or write us today. We will review your documents, investigate the facts, interview your witnesses, explain the applicable laws, and determine whether, in our view, you have a legitimate and suit-worthy claim. We are here to help you. Please give us the chance.