Age Discrimination

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"), as well as certain state and local laws, prohibits age-based workplace discrimination against an employee age 40 and over. An employer may not, for example, give less favorable treatment or job opportunities to an employee because of his or her age, target older employees during a layoff, or pressure older workers to retire.

While age discrimination cases are sometimes difficult to prove because the courts, unfortunately, allow employers to consider factors that might be related to age (e.g, the high salary of an older worker), Katz, Marshall & Banks attorneys have experience in successfully handling such claims.