Should Older Workers Have to Pay More for Their Pensions?
You’ve undoubtedly heard the advice again and again: If you are close to retirement age, you should max out your contributions to employer-sponsored retirement plans. But requiring older employees to...
View ArticleAt Last, Age Bias Case From 2001 Moves Forward
Suppose you believe that your employer has discriminated against you because of your age. After thinking it over, perhaps you decide to sue. You file your claim. And then you wait. And wait. And wait....
View ArticleCan Age Discrimination Kill You?
Age discrimination can be hazardous to your health, a new study by researchers at Florida State University’s College of Medicine has found. What’s more, people who see themselves as targets of age...
View ArticleIBM Halts Practice of Disclosing Ages of Fired Workers
At IBM, older workers who believe they were fired because of their age may have a harder time proving their claim under a new company policy, Bloomberg News reports. The New York-based tech company is...
View Article11 Things We Didn’t Know Last Week
News, discoveries and … fun 1. Jackie Kennedy confided personal thoughts in a 14-year correspondence with an Irish priest. (Learn more at Irish Times) 2. A mother’s worth increased $3,123 last year....
View ArticleJudge's Surprise Ruling on Age Discrimination
Imagine that you are terminated from your job. You’re in your 60s. You know that it’s going to be hard to find new work. You consider filing an age-discrimination complaint. But your employer says that...
View ArticleCan an Employer Make You Agree Not to Sue for Age Bias?
Most employers realize that age is not a legal – or valid – reason to terminate an employee. That doesn’t stop some companies from trying to circumvent the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act...
View Article11 Things We Didn’t Know Last Week
News, discoveries and … fun Click here to view the embedded video. 1. Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Ill., has the world’s fastest, tallest and steepest wooden roller coaster. (Learn more at...
View ArticleFaygo Sued for Age Discrimination — by Founder’s Grandson
Detroit-based Faygo, a fixture in the soft drink industry since 1907, is being sued for age discrimination by the grandson of one of the company’s founders. Hugh Rosenthal, 70, says he lost his job as...
View ArticleObama Order Blocks Contracts for Age Discriminators
Contractors found to have discriminated against workers because of their age or committed other recent labor-law violations will be ineligible for federal contracts under an executive order that...
View ArticleChallenge to Texas Voter ID Law Goes to Trial
Discrimination against older voters is a focus of a trial in federal court this month over a strict voter ID law in Texas. Although the challenge to the 2011 law chiefly targets its impact on racial...
View ArticleQuestions Candidates Should Answer to Get Your Vote
Election Day is almost here. Yet too many candidates wait until after the polls close before taking positions on key issues that matter to you and your family. That’s why AARP developed voters’ guides...
View ArticleBloomberg Gives Shout Out to Older Workers
Michael Bloomberg, founder of the financial services company Bloomberg LP and former mayor of New York City, says younger people worry about hiring older workers. They come up with a lot of excuses,...
View ArticleIn Thailand, Retirement Is Not Always a Choice
Pa’ Noi (Auntie Noi) retired from the public sector at age 60, and started working again at 65. Pa’ Noi manages the neighborhood restaurant that my boyfriend, Joe, and I love here in Thailand, where...
View ArticleAfrican American/Black Social Issues Study
In 2014, we conducted a study to examine the importance of key social issues facing African Americans/blacks who are age 50 and older, and also to gauge their optimism in regard to these social issues....
View ArticleYou’ve Got Skills You Can Use in Retirement
Some people aspire to retire at 60, 62 or 66, reducing the amount of their Social Security payment by 20 percent. Others are in it for the long haul, planning to work to 70 and beyond. Indeed, 1 in 5...
View ArticleHow I Navigated My Job Search – at 62
The following post is by an AARP member who wanted to share his experience in finding a new position. He requested anonymity for himself and his current and former employers. One hundred job...
View ArticleAARP Study Finds the Road to Reemployment Is Bumpy for Many
Older job seekers who were out of work at some point in the last five years found that tapping their network of contacts, reaching out to employers directly and starting their job search immediately...
View ArticleTrends Favor Hiring Older Workers
Workers 50 and older face a hurdle that younger peers don’t: how to overcome negative stereotypes that paint them as much more expensive, out of touch with technology and less productive. An AARP...
View ArticleTrends Favor Hiring Older Workers
Workers 50 and older face a hurdle that younger peers don’t: how to overcome negative stereotypes that paint them as much more expensive, out of touch with technology and less productive.
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