Editor’s Note: Each edition of this Women Entrepreneur series, Behind the Numbers, presents a stat about a disadvantage women face in work and in business, examines the dynamics at play and provides ...

Experiencing or even suspecting age discrimination can leave job seekers and employees questioning how to move forward. For established professionals, the possibility that age could influence ...

Q: What’s the fastest-growing age group in the American workforce?A: From a recent blog post on the website of design firm Gensler: “According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Liz Elting is a billion-dollar founder who covers women and business. The American workforce is the most age-diverse it has ever ...

Q. I recently turned 68 and have many years of successful administrative and sales experience. In the past 14 months, I’ve applied to more than 100 jobs, including Target, Home Depot and Ikea, and did ...

Community input is to guide a campaign by the charity Age Concern to tackle what seniors have described as persistent hurdles to gaining fairer employment. The group launched a workforce equity ...

Ageism in the workplace occurs when someone is treated unfairly or unfavorably because of their age. It may involve an employee being passed over for promotion or being prevented from taking on ...

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The Age Discrimination in Employment Act prohibits age-based employment discrimination against applicants and employees who are 40 years of age or older. The plaintiff in Murphy was 58 when his ...

An employer that, without soliciting internal or external applications for an open management position, selects the only candidate who applied may face legal liability to older employees, or others in ...

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, joined by Senators Lindsey Graham, Chuck Grassley, and Dick Durbin, has introduced the bipartisan Protecting Older Americans Act. The legislation aims to invalidate ...