Age Discrimination Lawyers in Pennsylvania

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) is a federal law protecting certain employees who are 40 years of age or older from employment discrimination based on age. The ADEA applies to most employers with 20 or more employees. Certain states and cities also have laws that prohibit age discrimination. It is unlawful to discriminate against an employee or a job applicant because of his or her age with respect to any term, condition, or privilege of employment -- including, but not limited to, hiring, firing, promotion, layoff, compensation, benefits, job assignments, and training.

Age discrimination in the work place has many different forms; a few examples may include the following:

Before you were fired, forced to resign, or forced to retire, your employer made age-related remarks about you to you, or to others, or in your job evaluations, leading you to believe your age played some role in the employment decisions made against you.
Your employer gave you feedback that you are too old, that you aren't flexible in taking on new projects, that you lack the ability to learn new skills, that you are over-the-hill, that the company wants vigor, energy, a youthful and new approach that you lack.
Your employer wanted to create a youthful image with new blood, so you were refused a job, you were passed over for a well-deserved promotion or raise, or you were fired because the employer wanted a younger person for the job
Even though terminated older workers performed effectively, received good evaluations, and have more experience, your company laid off mostly older workers while retaining younger workers.
Your employer promotes and provides more promising positions to younger employees as compared to older employees, not based on competence or performance, but because the employer wants a more youthful image.
Your employer compensated younger employees with less skills and experience better than that of older employees with more skills and experience.
Your employer is removing older employees and replacing them with younger employees.

Call Sidney L. Gold & Associates, P.C., today for a free assessment of your age discrimination claim.