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Baby Boomers Face Workplace Ageism

The Baltimore Examiner, 3/12/09

Abstract:

There is growing evidence that some baby boomers and other older workers are victims of age discrimination -- both when they are laid off from their jobs and when they go to look for another job.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reported yesterday that age-related job discrimination complaints are at an all-time high, jumping 28.7 percent to 24,582 filed in the year that ended Sept. 30, up from 19,103 in 2007.

You must be at least 40 years old to file an age discrimination complaint...

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