The Older Worker...Valued Resource or Museum Piece? - A look at age discrimination in employment.
Campaign Against Age Discrimination in Employment (CAADE) - Formed by Philip and Bernice Walker in 1988 to fight for the rights of older workers. Site includes statistics, legislative information and other resources.
NYTimes.com - Too Old to Work? - Long article summarizing a recent upswing in US age-discrimination lawsuits with a focus on a recent suit by former employees of Allstate. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view.]
Working at 55+ - A program to help the older worker acquire meaningful work in today's market without being exploited or demeaned.
Allstate Agents Class - 94 percent of the terminated employee agents were over age forty and 84 percent of the individuals hired to fill newly-created customer service positions were under age 40.
LIScareer.com - Combating Ageism: Lessons Learned by "Baby" Librarians - New librarian confronts being typecast based on how old she appears to be. Also shares stories of others and how they dealt with ageism.
IBM guilty of age discrimination - The company's US pension scheme unfairly favored younger employees, a judge finds in a ruling that could affect millions of workers. [BBC]
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