Workforce Age Bias

July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.

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Editor, Times-Union:

Thank you to the writer of "Hire Older Workers" for bringing the plight of 50+ workers to the public's attention. In today's youth-oriented society, loyalty, knowledge, dependability and hard work are no longer considered acceptable hiring criterion.

Age discrimination is against the law; however, discrimination is almost impossible to prove. Employers will use any excuse they can find to justify their deplorable actions. AARP has an article on their Web site outlining several warning signs for age 50+ workers that are in danger of losing their jobs. Workers over 50 that are "let go" by their employers will find that securing a position in today's economic environment is a lesson in futility.

The economic and mental anguish experienced by families of displaced workers is indescribable. The effects of losing one's job is not limited to the loss of wages, it is also the loss of health insurance and other benefits, which could result in the inability to receive proper health care at the time of life when it is most needed.

Company leaders that terminate, or refuse to hire older workers, should be ashamed of themselves. Treat others as you expect to be treated because sooner or later, one way or another, you will probably find that "what goes around, comes around."

Sheila Guthrie

Warsaw, via e-mail[[In-content Ad]]

Editor, Times-Union:

Thank you to the writer of "Hire Older Workers" for bringing the plight of 50+ workers to the public's attention. In today's youth-oriented society, loyalty, knowledge, dependability and hard work are no longer considered acceptable hiring criterion.

Age discrimination is against the law; however, discrimination is almost impossible to prove. Employers will use any excuse they can find to justify their deplorable actions. AARP has an article on their Web site outlining several warning signs for age 50+ workers that are in danger of losing their jobs. Workers over 50 that are "let go" by their employers will find that securing a position in today's economic environment is a lesson in futility.

The economic and mental anguish experienced by families of displaced workers is indescribable. The effects of losing one's job is not limited to the loss of wages, it is also the loss of health insurance and other benefits, which could result in the inability to receive proper health care at the time of life when it is most needed.

Company leaders that terminate, or refuse to hire older workers, should be ashamed of themselves. Treat others as you expect to be treated because sooner or later, one way or another, you will probably find that "what goes around, comes around."

Sheila Guthrie

Warsaw, via e-mail[[In-content Ad]]
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