Age Discrimination in the Workplace

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Age Discrimination in the Workplace

Introduction

The workplace has been a popular venue for many forms of discrimination . This is not surprising the workplace is a setting for differing characters and backgrounds . This makes it easy to spot that in almost every company , varying kinds of differences are treated dissimilarly - sometimes even shabbily . Gender , educational background and race and ethnicity are just some of the things that , depending on the culture and pro of the company , can make or break a person 's career when

a tradition of discrimination exists . Then of course , there is age discrimination which has been a longstanding of many arguments and litigations . Taking in many forms , some employees are often confused , or ignorant , on how are discrimination really works , and when a lawsuit should be appropriate . Even employers may have shortcomings on carrying out the policies against age discrimination Thus , discrimination in terms of age has been happening everywhere , more than what the statistics say

Was that Discrimination

Age discrimination can happen to anyone . In fact , even seemingly harmless jokes can turn to an age discrimination case . It is important that both employers and employees know their rights and privileges in terms of respecting age in the workplace to avoid expensive and time-consuming conflicts and charges . This will also protect the company from incurring damages to its reputation and finances

According to the British organization Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS (2006 , age discrimination occurs when a person is violated at work , or at an opportunity to work , on the basis of age . Discrimination may occur in many circumstances , but it is normally exhibited in one of the following ways (a ) when an employer refuses to hire an applicant because of age preference for the position being applied (for example , an applicant meets all the qualifications but still receives a letter of rejection which may or may not contain that the applicant was refused because of age preference but to which the applicant feels that age has been the reason for the refusal (b when an employer dismisses a worker for no apparent reason but obviously because he is being considered as too old for the job (for example , a 45-year-old worker who receives a termination letter despite consistently positive evaluations (c ) when an employer refuses to provide a worker with training , which usually leads to him being fired for not having enough knowledge and flexibility at work (for example , a worker asks to be sponsored or be allowed to undergo trainings but the company refuses and after some time terminates the employee in the grounds of lack of skills for the job (d ) when the employer refuses to give a deserving worker his promotion on the basis of age (for example a younger candidate for the same promotion who has less qualifications receives the promotion over the older worker (e ) when an employee is given terms and conditions related to age such as a contract forcing him to...