Human Growth and Development / Unit 16 HGD 2253 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Ageism and the ADEA
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The idea
Ageism is discrimination solely because of age; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of nineteen sixty-seven protects US workers aged forty or older.
In practice
A qualified fifty-eight-year-old passed over for a job on the assumption that she cannot learn new software.
Where people slip
Ageism persists, especially in hiring, driven by stereotypes that older workers underperform, resist change or cannot learn.
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