Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967

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The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 is a U.S. federal law that protects workers aged 40 and over from employment discrimination based on age in hiring, firing, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
anti-discrimination law ⓘ
labor law ⓘ
abbreviation EEOC enforcement statute ⓘ
allows bona fide employee benefit plans under certain conditions ⓘ
bona fide occupational qualification defense based on age in limited circumstances ⓘ
bona fide seniority systems not intended to evade the purposes of the Act ⓘ
amendedBy Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1978 ⓘ
Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1986 ⓘ
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act ⓘ
appliesTo employees aged 40 and over ⓘ
job applicants aged 40 and over ⓘ
citation 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 29 of the United States Code ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
coversPractice compensation ⓘ
conditions of employment ⓘ
firing ⓘ
hiring ⓘ
privileges of employment ⓘ
terms of employment ⓘ
dateEnacted 1967-12-15 ⓘ
effectiveDate 1968-06-12 ⓘ
employerSizeThreshold 20 or more employees ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
enforcedBy Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
minimumProtectedAge 40 ⓘ
policyGoal to help employers and workers find ways of meeting problems arising from the impact of age on employment ⓘ
to prohibit arbitrary age discrimination in employment ⓘ
to promote employment of older persons based on ability rather than age ⓘ
prohibits age-based discrimination in employment ⓘ
age-based harassment ⓘ
retaliation for opposing age discrimination ⓘ
protectedCharacteristic age ⓘ
purpose to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of age ⓘ
relatedTo Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Equal Pay Act of 1963 ⓘ
sectorCoverage employment agencies ⓘ
federal government agencies ⓘ
labor organizations ⓘ
local governments ⓘ
private sector employers ⓘ
state governments ⓘ
shortName ADEA ⓘ
signedBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
subjectMatter employment discrimination law in the United States ⓘ

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission → enforces → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 → amends → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ
United States labor law → hasKeyFederalStatute → Age Discrimination in Employment Act ⓘ
linked to: Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission → legalAuthorityOver → Age Discrimination in Employment Act ⓘ
linked to: Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Age Discrimination Act of 1975 → relatedTo → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ
Age Discrimination Act of 1975 → differentFrom → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ
Office of Federal Operations → legalBasis → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ
Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. → statuteInterpreted → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ
Public Law 102-166 → amends → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ
LLFPA → amends → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ
Public Law 111-2 → amends → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ
90th United States Congress → passed → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ
Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity (NASA) → legalBasis → Age Discrimination in Employment Act ⓘ
linked to: Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents → legalSubject → Age Discrimination in Employment Act ⓘ
linked to: Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents → holding → The Age Discrimination in Employment Act is not a valid exercise of Congress’s Section 5 enforcement power as applied to the states ⓘ
linked to: Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents → relatedStatute → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ
Equal Employment Opportunity Office (USAG West Point) → appliesLaw → Age Discrimination in Employment Act ⓘ
linked to: Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
ADEA → fullName → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ
Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1978 → amends → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ
Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1978 → relatedTo → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act → partOf → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ
EEOC Office of Field Programs → enforces → Age Discrimination in Employment Act ⓘ
linked to: Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
OFO → legalBasis → Age Discrimination in Employment Act (federal sector provisions) ⓘ
linked to: Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
EEOC Office of General Counsel → typeOfCase → Age Discrimination in Employment Act cases ⓘ
linked to: Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1986 → amends → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ
Title I – Federal Civil Rights Remedies → relatedTo → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ