Orange County Age Discrimination Attorney

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission tells us that age discrimination involves treating an applicant or employee less favorably because of his or her age.

Did you know that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) makes discrimination against people who are 40 or older in the workplace illegal? Workers are also protected in this state under the California Fair Housing and Employment Act (FEHA).

There are various ways that this type of discrimination shows up in the workplace, including a person being:

• Fired or laid off due to their age
• Forced or pressured to quit due to their age
• Offered less pay, benefits, or job assignments due to their age
• Demoted or having their hours cut due to their age
• Not getting hired due to their age
• Harassed due to their age (remarks or insults that result in a hostile work environment)

These cases are rarely overtly because of age and your OC age discrimination lawyer knows this. Instead, an employer or supervisor will find another reason to terminate or not hire an older worker because they know this type of discrimination is against the law.

• Older workers, once terminated, face longer periods of time between work than younger workers when looking for a new job.
• Most of these cases involve a younger supervisor discriminating against an older worker.

You have a right to report instances of suspected age discrimination, and your employer cannot retaliate against you for doing so. The law prevents employers from firing an employee because they make a report, even if there was no discrimination present.