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Article: Evaluating age discrimination laws. (implications of Age Discrimination in Employment Act)
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- NBER Reporter
- Article date:
- June 22, 1997
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The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) was enacted by Congress in 1968 to "promote employment of older persons based on their ability rather than age; to prohibit arbitrary age discrimination in employment; to help employers and workers find ways of meeting problems arising from the impact of age on employment." Originally, the ADEA protected workers aged 40-65. Later amendments first prohibited mandatory retirement before the age of 70, and then outlawed it altogether. In recent years, age discrimination has come to represent a significant proportion of the complaints filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. For example in 1990, just over 10,000 ...
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