With Jobs Scarce, Age Becomes an Issue

Wall Street Journal by Dana Mattioli | May. 20, 2009 (Special Report)

Employees in their 20s and 30s are finding themselves more at risk of a layoff, according to labor lawyers, as employers look to avoid age-discrimination lawsuits by adopting a "last one in, first one out" policy and turn to tenure as a means of conducting layoffs. In some cases, young, childless professionals say they feel they're being targeted in layoffs, while employees who have families to support are given special consideration. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - May 19, 2009 - 3:54 PM PDT
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 by Derek Hawkins - May. 19, 2009

An informative, well rounded story with good sourcing. Not only does this report the trend, but leaves with recommendations.

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 by Glenn LaBauve - May. 20, 2009

It gives some of the changes for younger employees, but ignores that the employers have for the past 25+ years been reluctant to even interview older workers and as such have created the current enviroment where workers know that their only recourse after they reach 45-50 is in the courts since it may be a long dry season before the next job. The loss of union protection for non management jobs in nearly every industry has allowed the management to run wild.

Prior to enetering private business, I spent most of my years in management and saw first hand how companies sought to limit workers rights, ... More »

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