The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of

A court will overturn the dismissal of a chemist between 40 and 65 years of age where it violates the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, which makes it unlawful "to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of such individual s age. ... 

The primary law on the federal level offering protections to older workers is the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA). The purpose of the ADEA is to promote employment of older workers between the ages of 40 and 70 years of age based on their ability, rather than age, and to prohibit arbitrary age discrimination in employment. Similar to Title Vll, the ADEA prohibits discrimination by companies or organizations, labor unions, and employment agencies against employees, members, referrals, and applicants. ... 

Sec. 115. Notice of Limitations Period Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967. 

The petitioner. Western Air Lines, Inc., requires that its flight engineers retire at age 60. Although the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), 403 29 U.S.C. 621-634, generally prohibits mandatory retirement before age 70, the Act provides an exception where age is a bona fide occupational qualification [BFOQ] reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the particular business. A jury concluded that Western s mandatory retirement rule did not qualify as a BFOQ even though it purportedly was adopted for safety reasons. The question here is whether the jury was properly instructed on the elements of the BFOQ defense. ... 

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) prohibit the use of discriminatory employment tests and selection procedures. 

We revisited the BFOQ defense in Western Air Lines, Inc. v. Criswell, 472 U.S. 400, 105 S.Ct. 2743, 86 L.Ed.2d 321 (1985), this time in the context of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA). There, we endorsed the two-part inquiry for evaluating a BFOQ defense used by the Court of Appeals... 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that this Act may be cited as the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967. ... 

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 protects against employment discrimination based on age. However, aging Americans who remain in the work force, either by choice or necessity, must be prepared to deal with a number of work-related issues. The civil engineering organizations that employ them need to be aware of the difficulties faced by seasoned veterans who have contributed many years of service to the profession. 

Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, webpage tide The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and The Age Discrimination Act of 1975 ... 

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