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HN has those comments and HR doesn't explode because: Ageism is legal in the US except for specific prohibitions. The Age Discrimination In Employment Act only
by T-hawk 8y ago
HN has those comments and HR doesn't explode because: Ageism is legal in the US except for specific prohibitions.
The Age Discrimination In Employment Act only prohibits discrimination against workers age 40 and older. There is no federal restriction against disfavoring workers at age 39 for being too old, nor against favoring workers over 40 at the expense of younger ones.
- neilv 8y agoThank you, I didn't know that. We really should be looking at protections for all ages. 20yos aren't on the undesirable end of age discrimination right now, but I suspect most have little idea how quickly 30 arrives, when you're busy working (and possibly also having a family life), and that's way too young for screeners to be silently shredding their job applications.