Thursday, July 31, 2008

Today, we'll cover our remaining topics in elder law, and then begin our final push on policymaking, leading up to presentation of your legislative proposals next week.
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Anonymous said...

http://www.workforce.com/section/00/article/25/34/61.html

here is an interesting case on a google worker who says he was often called “old man” and “fuddy-dudd" by fellow employees and feels he was fired because of his age. He notes that 2 percent of Google’s approximately 1,900 employees in 2004 were over 40. The average age of male Google employees at the time was 29.7 years old; female Google workers averaged 28.4 years old.
I have ambiguous feelings toward age discrimination. I obviously do not think it is right to fire someone simply based on a number, but I understand the desire to have young, fresh, innovative minds. This is obviously circumstantial and also depends on the type of job.

August 4, 2008 at 12:59 PM
Anonymous said...

I think age discrimination is very prevelant in our society today and overlooked. I found this article to be extremely interesting and think that this case is an extremely important case that needs to be looked at. Hopefully the outcome of this case can help decrease age discrimination. So many individuals today who are older face many challenges in getting jobs due to their age. I think this is a huge problem. Another thing I would like to add is that today many mothers decide to stay at home when their children are born to help raise them. After the children are fully grown or perhaps out of the house for college these individuals decide to return to the workforce. It is important that there are jobs available for these individuals and companies should hire them despite their age. While I agree with Leah that there is a desire to have young, fresh, innovative minds I also feel that even if the indiviudal is old they can offer just as much as young employees due to their previous experiences.

August 5, 2008 at 2:56 PM

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