illegal age discrimination

Justin Schwartz jkschw at hotmail.com
Sat Jul 7 18:40:05 PDT 2001


And if there was a 40+n candidate, these grounds for hiring a younger person are illegal age discrimination, actionable, and indeed probably wilful, as long as your employer isn't a state government agency. --jks
>
>Except, of course, when they're not (rationalizations). Case in point: My
>department just hired a new dietitian. A recent grad was chosen. One of the
>points in her favor: she'd be "less set in her ways" and would "fit in
>better" than an over-40 and more experienced candidate. Well, those are, I
>suppose, somewhat valid points - but nothing to do with her actual skills.
>
>les
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