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» Age Discrimination in the Workplace - This web site is designed to help students, businesses and organizations learn about preventing age discrimination, successfully managing an age diverse workforce and increasing productivity by effectively utilizing older workers.
» Allstate Agents Class - 94 percent of the terminated employee agents were over age forty and 84 percent of the individuals hired to fill newly-created customer service positions were under age 40.
» Campaign Against Age Discrimination in Employment (CAADE) - Formed by Philip and Bernice Walker in 1988 to fight for the rights of older workers. Site includes statistics, legislative information and other resources.
» High Tech Workers and Age Discrimination - Selected reports and articles.
» IBM guilty of age discrimination - The company's US pension scheme unfairly favored younger employees, a judge finds in a ruling that could affect millions of workers. [BBC]
» LIScareer.com - Combating Ageism: Lessons Learned by "Baby" Librarians - New librarian confronts being typecast based on how old she sppears to be. Also shares stories of others and how they dealt with ageism.
» NYTimes.com - Too Old to Work? - Long article summarizing a recent upswing in US age-discrimination lawsuits with a focus on a recent suit by former employees of Allstate. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view.]
» Overqualified Professionals Network - Network of overqualified discriminated professionals, network with peers for help, support and jobs.
» Seniority Employment - Real life stories contributed by readers
» The Illuminator of Macon, GA - Essays by Karla Lane on job discrimination, the courts, the EEOC, healthcare, government, politics concerning seniors.
» The Older Worker...Valued Resource or Museum Piece? - A look at age discrimination in employment.
» Working at 55+ - A program to help the older worker acquire meaningful work in today's market without being exploited or demeaned.