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Age Discrimination in Employment Act
(redirected from Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967)

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Age Discrimination in Employment Act
Legislation in the United States, passed in 1967, that forbids discrimination against persons over the age of 40 in the hiring or firing of, and the distribution of benefits to, employees. The Act was deemed necessary because some employers were unlikely to hire otherwise qualified applicants because they were closer to retirement and therefore less likely to stay with the company. It provides for reinstatement and back pay for employees against whom companies have discriminated.


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Congress outlawed discrimination by employers against employees or applicants over the age of 40, with the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (the ADEA) Amendments to the act in 1974, 1978, and 1986 raised and then eliminated the mandatory retirement age for most workers and extended the act's coverage to most employers Congress outlawed discrimination by employers against employees or applicants over the age of 40, with the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (the ADEA).
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 : Use age as a determining factor in hiring, promoting, or discharging employee age forty and over, where the employer employs more than twenty employees.
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