Age Discrimination and Harassment is against the law. However, only employees forty (40) years old or over are protected. Discrimination and harassment is prohibited in all employment practices, including: 1) advertisements, 2) applications, screening, interviews, 3) hiring, transferring, promoting, terminating, or separating employees, 4) working conditions and 5) participation in a training or apprenticeship program, employee organization or union.
Employees can recover damages including reinstatement, lost wages, lost benefits, promotion, compensatory damages, emotional distress damages, attorney's fees and even punitive damages.
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