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Workplace age discrimination could become even harder to prove in court

  • Written by Catherine Harnois, Professor of Sociology, Wake Forest University
Over 15,000 workers filed age discrimination claims in 2019.Aleutie/Shutterstock.com

Age discrimination remains one of the greatest vulnerabilities that American workers face.

A 2018 AARP study of adults age 45 and older found that more than 60% said they had seen age discrimination in their workplace or experienced it themselves.

While most...

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