Ageism in the workplace occurs when someone is treated unfairly or unfavorably because of their age. It may involve an employee being passed over for promotion or being prevented from taking on ...
Oftentimes, when we think of age discrimination, we assume it happens to workers who are near retirement age or already senior citizens. Or maybe we picture employees who were fired or demoted for ...
While DE&I efforts have successfully moved the dial when it comes to race and gender, the one form of bias that remains stubbornly entrenched in the American workplace is ageism. That’s according to ...
Naturally, it’s not realistic to think that everyone who works together will be friendly either at work or outside the workplace. However, there are organizations where there are definite “in-groups” ...
The workplace gender divide has always been prominent. The 10th McKinsey Women in the Workplace Report highlights how only 81 women for every 100 men are promoted to a management position. Another ...
Ageism in the workplace is an issue that affects thousands of Americans every year, yet many still feel as though it is not properly addressed by the nation’s courts, according to the New York Times.
Ironing out wrinkles with Botox and plastic surgery is a drastic measure hundreds of workers have admitted they would take to fight workplace ageism, a new survey has revealed. Workers over the age of ...
In a world of increasingly unequal aging, our focus on chronological age is not just inaccurate but unfair. We talk constantly about age—in politics, in leadership, in debates about retirement and the ...
He’s too old for this. A Gen Xer sparked a fiery conversation about ageism in the workplace — and many agreed with his sentiment. “I may never ever get hired again,” Bradley Richardson, a 58-year-old ...