Job applicants over 40 filtered out by employers

Re:Job applicants over 40 filtered out by employers by ncr100 on Saturday June 24, 2017 @01:25AM (#14624480)

Prove it was an illegal action and defend your right to employment: https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/age.cfm

"The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) forbids age discrimination against people who are age 40 or older."

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Re:Job applicants over 40 filtered out by employers by wyclif on Saturday June 24, 2017 @06:03AM (#14625072)

I appreciate your straight answer, and the call to defend employment rights. However, isn't it quite difficult to prove age discrimination? How successful are these legal actions?

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Re:Job applicants over 40 filtered out by employers by Harken on Saturday June 24, 2017 @10:21AM (#14625660)

...and if you're filtered out at the resume stage, good luck proving the intent.

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Re:Job applicants over 40 filtered out by employers by dragonwriter on Saturday June 24, 2017 @06:28PM (#14627743)

If you can get to discovery, consistent filtering at the resume stage is probably the easiest thing to prove is unambiguous age discrimination.

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Re:Job applicants over 40 filtered out by employers by dbbk on Saturday June 24, 2017 @10:43PM (#14628357)

Wait... it protects against discrimination only if you're over 40? So if you're under 40 you can be discriminated against? Isn't that discrimination itself? Huh?

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