Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967

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United States federal statute anti-discrimination law labor law

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 is a U.S. federal law that protects workers aged 40 and over from employment discrimination based on age in hiring, firing, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 canonical	10
Age Discrimination in Employment Act	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ anti-discrimination law ⓘ labor law ⓘ
abbreviation	EEOC enforcement statute ⓘ
allows	bona fide employee benefit plans under certain conditions ⓘ bona fide occupational qualification defense based on age in limited circumstances ⓘ bona fide seniority systems not intended to evade the purposes of the Act ⓘ
amendedBy	Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1978 ⓘ Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1986 ⓘ Older Workers Benefit Protection Act ⓘ
appliesTo	employees aged 40 and over ⓘ job applicants aged 40 and over ⓘ
citation	United States Code Title 29 ⓘ surface form: 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq.
codifiedIn	United States Code Title 29 ⓘ surface form: Title 29 of the United States Code
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
coversPractice	compensation ⓘ conditions of employment ⓘ firing ⓘ hiring ⓘ privileges of employment ⓘ terms of employment ⓘ
dateEnacted	1967-12-15 ⓘ
effectiveDate	1968-06-12 ⓘ
employerSizeThreshold	20 or more employees ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
enforcedBy	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
minimumProtectedAge	40 ⓘ
policyGoal	to help employers and workers find ways of meeting problems arising from the impact of age on employment ⓘ to prohibit arbitrary age discrimination in employment ⓘ to promote employment of older persons based on ability rather than age ⓘ
prohibits	age-based discrimination in employment ⓘ age-based harassment ⓘ retaliation for opposing age discrimination ⓘ
protectedCharacteristic	age ⓘ
purpose	to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of age ⓘ
relatedTo	Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ surface form: Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ Equal Pay Act of 1963 ⓘ
sectorCoverage	employment agencies ⓘ federal government agencies ⓘ labor organizations ⓘ local governments ⓘ private sector employers ⓘ state governments ⓘ
shortName	ADEA ⓘ
signedBy	Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
subjectMatter	employment discrimination law in the United States ⓘ

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Subject: Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Description of subject: The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 is a U.S. federal law that protects workers aged 40 and over from employment discrimination based on age in hiring, firing, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment.

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission → enforces → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 → amends → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ

United States labor law → hasKeyFederalStatute → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Age Discrimination in Employment Act

Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission → legalAuthorityOver → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Age Discrimination in Employment Act

Age Discrimination Act of 1975 → relatedTo → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ

Age Discrimination Act of 1975 → differentFrom → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ

Office of Federal Operations → legalBasis → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ

Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. → statuteInterpreted → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ

Public Law 102-166 → amends → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ

LLFPA → amends → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ

Public Law 111-2 → amends → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ

90th United States Congress → passed → Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ