Do You Know What Age Discrimination Looks Like?
Age discrimination can be found across all industries, but it often looks different depending on many factors. However, no matter the circumstances, if your age was a factor at all in decisions about your employment, then it is discrimination, and you need to speak with an age discrimination lawyer.
At Akeel & Valentine, PLC, our age discrimination lawyers have fought workplace discrimination in Detroit, Michigan, and nationwide. We care about justice and pursue the outcomes our clients need to achieve a just and righteous outcome. We aim to represent you with strength and integrity, seeking what’s right on your behalf.
The Legal Basis For Age Discrimination Cases
Federal and local laws, such as the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA), build the legal basis for age discrimination. At the federal level, ADEA provided a framework to designate certain actions as age discrimination and make them civilly liable.
ELCRA, then, expands on those protections, providing Michigan residents facing more challenging workplaces with vital protections for older workers facing a competitive or even toxic working environment.
Intentional Vs. Unintentional Age Discrimination
As mentioned in the opening, age discrimination can take a lot of forms, but it generally falls into two categories:
- Unintentional: Employers favor new workers for their “energy” and “tech-savvy.” They do not regularly promote older workers.
- Intentional: They discipline, ignore or terminate older workers to avoid paying larger salaries to the longer tenured employees.
Whether the discrimination is unintentional or not, it is still age discrimination, and you deserve someone to fight for you.
We Will Fight For Justice
Experience is meant to be respected. However, the time you’ve put in at work is being turned against you; you don’t have to stand for it. We will help fight for you. Call us at 248-918-4542 or send an email using this form.