Age discrimination paper

Employment Law Paper
Age Discrimination


Age discrimination is an employment problem that is becoming more evident as economic conditions weaken. Employers who think they can eliminate older workers from their workforce and save costs of retirement programs, and higher salaries have been enlightened otherwise by the growing number of lawsuits that have been won over age discrimination. In 1994, Lockheed Martin agreed to a 13 million dollar settlement and to rehire about 246 employees who claimed age discrimination. In 1996, a Boston jury awarded $3.5 million to a former Airborne Express executive who was fired, despite documented outstanding performance. A 1998 survey conducted by the Society of Human Resource Management and the AARP found that one in five companies surveyed had been hit with age discrimination claims between 1993 and 1998. Between 1988 and 1995, individuals claiming age discrimination were awarded an average of $219,000 each according to Jury Verdict Re...