TITLE 29 - LABOR
CHAPTER 14 - AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT
29 U.S.C. Section
621.
Congressional statement of findings and purpose
(a) The Congress hereby finds
and declares that -
(1) in the face of rising productivity and affluence, older
workers find themselves disadvantaged in their efforts to retain
employment, and especially to regain employment when displaced
from jobs;
(2) the setting of arbitrary
age limits regardless of potential
for job performance has become a common practice, and certain
otherwise desirable practices may work to the disadvantage of
older persons;
(3) the incidence of
unemployment, especially long-term
unemployment with resultant deterioration of skill, morale, and
employer acceptability is, relative to the younger ages, high
among older workers; their numbers are great and growing; and
their employment problems grave;
(4) the existence in industries
affecting commerce, of
arbitrary discrimination in employment because of age, burdens
commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce.
(b) It is therefore the purpose
of this chapter to promote
employment of older persons based on their ability rather than
age;
to prohibit arbitrary age discrimination in employment; to help
employers and workers find ways of meeting problems arising from
the impact of age on employment.
-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 90-202, Sec. 2, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 602.)
