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In the U.S. it's illegal to ask an applicant's age, so you've got potential legal recourse against both of the companies in your examples.

rileymat2 5y ago
In practice, without a ton of leg work to find patterns, how would you prove it?
- jonathankoren 5y ago
  Pattern doesn’t matter. You document it.
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- sundaeofshock 5y ago
  You report it so that the state is aware of it. Let the state find the pattern. Companies get away with this crap because we let them.
throw_away 5y ago
Only in a small handful of states (CA, MN, PA, WI, CT): https://www.aarp.org/work/job-search/info-2021/employers-age-job-applications.html https://www.aarp.org/work/job-search/info-2021/employers-age... For the rest of the US, age is only a protected status if you are >40.
- maerF0x0 5y ago
  :not sure if face: > In order to protect against ageism, we created a law with an age restriction
PragmaticPulp 5y ago
> In the U.S. it's illegal to ask an applicant's age, Common misconception, but it’s not true except in a few states. Age discrimination has a very specific legal meaning, and it doesn’t apply at all below a certain age threshold. Even when age discrimination is in play, simple asking about age (except in those few states) doesn't constitute discrimination. You have to prove that age was a deciding factor in choosing against the hire, which is actually much more difficult than even just proving the question was asked.
zebnyc 5y ago
Question is how do you prove it? And what can you do about it? A few years back a recruiter was gushing at my resume and said the hiring manager wants to talk to you but wants to know a particular gap in my resume when I left prior employer X. I told the recruiter that I was not happy that X made it very hard for me to take my FMLA leave when my kid was born. The recruiter hung up shortly and a couple of days later I got the generic rejection letter. I responded by stating that this was discrimination & illegal but I don't have any material evidence and the recruiter simply rejected my claim. So I thought I would post my experience on glassdoor. Couple of days later, I see that my review about the company had been removed from Glassdoor. Glassdoor definitely know which side of one's bread is buttered.

rileymat2 5y ago

In practice, without a ton of leg work to find patterns, how would you prove it?

jonathankoren 5y ago
Pattern doesn’t matter. You document it.
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sundaeofshock 5y ago
You report it so that the state is aware of it. Let the state find the pattern. Companies get away with this crap because we let them.

throw_away 5y ago

Only in a small handful of states (CA, MN, PA, WI, CT): https://www.aarp.org/work/job-search/info-2021/employers-age-job-applications.html https://www.aarp.org/work/job-search/info-2021/employers-age... For the rest of the US, age is only a protected status if you are >40.

maerF0x0 5y ago
:not sure if face: > In order to protect against ageism, we created a law with an age restriction

PragmaticPulp 5y ago

> In the U.S. it's illegal to ask an applicant's age, Common misconception, but it’s not true except in a few states. Age discrimination has a very specific legal meaning, and it doesn’t apply at all below a certain age threshold. Even when age discrimination is in play, simple asking about age (except in those few states) doesn't constitute discrimination. You have to prove that age was a deciding factor in choosing against the hire, which is actually much more difficult than even just proving the question was asked.

zebnyc 5y ago

Question is how do you prove it? And what can you do about it? A few years back a recruiter was gushing at my resume and said the hiring manager wants to talk to you but wants to know a particular gap in my resume when I left prior employer X. I told the recruiter that I was not happy that X made it very hard for me to take my FMLA leave when my kid was born. The recruiter hung up shortly and a couple of days later I got the generic rejection letter. I responded by stating that this was discrimination & illegal but I don't have any material evidence and the recruiter simply rejected my claim. So I thought I would post my experience on glassdoor. Couple of days later, I see that my review about the company had been removed from Glassdoor. Glassdoor definitely know which side of one's bread is buttered.