At what age are you protected from discrimination for your age?

age 40 or older
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) forbids age discrimination against people who are age 40 or older. It does not protect workers under the age of 40, although some states have laws that protect younger workers from age discrimination.

What is an example of age discrimination?

This happens when someone treats you worse than another person in a similar situation because of your age. For example: your employer refuses to allow you to do a training course because she thinks you are ‘too old’, but allows younger colleagues to do the training.

How common is age discrimination in the workplace?

Indeed, 6 out of 10 older workers have seen or experienced age discrimination in the workplace and 90 percent of those say it is common. [9] This report acknowledges the significant harm and costs to older workers, their families, and employers that age discrimination causes.

Is 35 too old to work as a software engineer?

An inquiry on question-and-answer site Quora asking if 35 was too old to work as a software engineer prompted many employees to say no, but some still acknowledged issues with ageism. Ageism is a growing issue in Silicon Valley. But are older millennials finding themselves too old for the tech jobs at the biggest companies?

Is age an issue in tech careers?

Experience comes with age, and age is proving an issue in tech careers. As many as 68 percent of baby boomers don’t apply for tech jobs for fear of being “too old.”

Is it illegal to discriminate against age 40 and up?

While the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) makes it illegal to discriminate against workers age 40 and up, the exact rules, and how they are interpreted, aren’t always so clear to workers. Here are 10 important facts you should know about age discrimination:

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