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For
those Dealers who fear being over 45 years of age or
older, read...
Employers
warned to avoid age-discrimination trap
Laying off
highest-paid. and often eldest,
workers can seem like
illegal ageism, labor lawyers say
Sunday Oct. 9, 2005
BY
Candace Goforth
KNIGHT RIDDER
NEWSPAPERS
AKRON, Ohio
-- Organizations often make employment
decisions based on “the need for new
blood” or
promote some one because of her “fresh
ideas and energy.”
But what might seem
to be a harmless cliché could be construed as code for a
policy that favors younger workers. And that's against the
law.
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