age bias

She noted that federal law bans workplace age bias and lets individuals bring “disparate impact” claims to the court.

Illston ruled that the federal law banning workplace age bias allows plaintiffs to bring so-called "disparate impact" claims in a class action, an issue that has divided courts.

“Leaning into this language about a ‘gerontocracy’ is a distraction technique,” says Tracey Gendron, chair of the Department of Gerontology at Virginia Commonwealth University and author of the 2022 book “Ageism Unmasked: Exploring Age Bias and How to End It.”

I’m 63, so I’m also wondering if there’s an age bias as well that led to the dismissal.

The contractors’ suspicions dovetail with decades of academic research documenting how racial, gender and age bias all influence customer impressions of service workers, from waiters to taxi drivers.