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The US Supreme Court made it much harder for older workers to prove illegal age discrimination last June. In a 5-4 ruling, Justice Clarence Thomas declared for the majority that older workers have the full burden of proving that they were fired because of their age, unlike the standard of proving discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion and national origin, which places the burden of proof on the employer/perpetrator.
Senator Tom Harkin and Representive George Miller have introduced bills (S1756 and HR3721) to reverse the Court's ruling.
When older workers lose their jobs, according to the advocacy group AARP, it takes them longer than other workers to get new ones. Age-discrimination complaints are on the rise. In 2008, the number of age cases filed with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was up 29 percent from the year earlier.
Congress made clear four decades ago that it wants to protect older workers from discrimination with the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, but the Supreme Court has tried to interfere with that effort. It is up to Congress to put the teeth back into the law.
Please support these bills by contacting your Senator and Representative. Add your voice.
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