Excerpt from the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (a) It
shall be unlawful for an employer/p> - to fail or refuse to hire
or to discharge any individual with respect to his compensation,
terms, condition, or privileges of employment, because of such
individual's age; - to limit, segregate, or classify his
employees in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any
individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely
affect his status an as employee, because of such individual's
age; or - to reduce the wage rate of any employee in order to
comply with this chapter. The Age Discrimination in Employment
Act (ADEA) (P.L. 90-202, 81 Stat. 602) forbids public and
private employers to engage in discrimination in employment on
the basis of age against persons over the age of forty.
Employers cannot refuse to hire people over the age of forty,
fire employees simply because they are too old, or make
distinctions among employees on the basis of age. Moreover, the
act prohibits retaliation against people