Age Discrimination

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Are you a Baby Boomer under threat of layoff . . . but younger employees at your workplace are not? Are you a senior worker witnessing unexplained promotions of younger people whose ability seems to be no higher than yours?

Discuss your concerns about age discrimination on the job in a free initial phone consultation with an employment law attorney at the Milwaukee area employment discrimination law firm of Alan C. Olson & Associates, s.c. Contact us through this Web site.

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act (WFEA) were enacted to protect individuals aged forty or older from discrimination. Under the ADEA, an individual has the right to a jury trial. Most of the age charges in litigation involve employee terminations and layoffs. Under the federal law, employers who have twenty or more employees are subject to the provisions of the ADEA. Wisconsin law covers all employers no matter how few employees.

The United States Congress has declared that in the face of rising productivity and affluence, older workers find themselves disadvantaged in their efforts to retain employment, and especially to regain employment when displaced from jobs. The ADEA was enacted for the following purposes:

• promote employment of older persons based on their ability rather than age;
   
• prohibit arbitrary age discrimination in employment;
   
• help employers and workers find ways of meeting problems arising from the impact of age on employment; and
   
• eliminate the setting of arbitrary age limits regardless of potential for job performance.
   

Please contact us if you have questions regarding your legal rights.