3228 AGE DISCRIMINATION IN HEALTH BENEFITS

摘要

Although age discrimination laws deal more with the hiring, firing, or retirement of employees, they also may be applicable to employee benefits, depending on the facts of each case. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) generally forbids employers to refuse to hire, to discharge, or to otherwise discriminate against any individual with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because the individual is age 40 or over (.05).