When you have worked hard to achieve a level of success, it is illegal for an employer to demote or terminate your employment because of your age. If you are a victim of employer age discrimination, you deserve to be compensated for resulting damages. An Inland Empire age discrimination attorney with Rager & Yoon – Employment Lawyers will listen to the facts of your case, discuss applicable age discrimination laws, and help gather facts and evidence to support your age discrimination claim.
California and federal law
Your claim may be filed under federal law or California law and your employment law attorney will help you determine which law will better serve your case. California law is often more favorable in employment discrimination cases as it often offers more protections. For example, federal age discrimination law applies to employers with 20 or more employees while California age discrimination law applies to employers with 5 or more employees.Age discrimination is not limited to employment termination
Often when people think of employment cases involving age discrimination they think of older employees being fired in order to replace them with younger up and comers. As Rager & Yoon – Employment Lawyers employment law attorneys know, age discrimination applies to other workplace circumstances as well. See below for examples of workplace age discrimination.- An employer firing an employee because of his or her age.
- An employer failing to hire a job candidate because of his or her age.
- An employer demoting an employer because of his or her age.
- An employer refusing to promote an employee because of his or her age.
- An employer creating a hostile work environment for an older employee in an effort to force that employee to retire.
- An employer not offering benefits and opportunities to older employees that are offered to younger attorneys.
- Employer policies or layoffs that disparately impact older employees.