The rules are designed to protect people from age discrimination when applying for jobs and when being considered for training and promotion. The government also plans to encourage staff to continue working after the age of 65 by ...
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 was put in place to protect people ages 40 and older from discriminatory employment practices due to their age.This act applies to both those applying for jobs and current employees. Under this act, it is illegal to discriminate against an indivi...
Older engineers only want to manage.If you have been in leadership roles but are looking for something more hands-on, you must make that very clear during interviews and in initial correspondence when applying for a job. The assumption will always be that employees expect more responsibility as ...
Well, until 88 when I had the problem with my arm and I had to leave the kitchen. And then I worked for the Community of Madrid, from 88 onwards, at an exhibition centre. And before then, I worked from the age of seven. I did everything except for the nice jobs [laughing].” ...
In our increasingly 'lookist' culture, appearance has become something of an obsession for women of all ages, but particularly as they get older. I spoke to women who had lost jobs because their face no longer fits. Some of them had resorted to surgery to hold back the years. All had...