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Ms. Toad

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19. Perhaps you should fact check before calling something bollocks.
Wed May 28, 2025, 12:41 PM
May 28
https://www.eeoc.gov/statutes/age-discrimination-employment-act-1967

The ADEA prohibits employment discrimination against persons 40 years of age or older.


This question came up in a legal context (potential employment discrimination). I provided the legal answer.

I'm not suggesting that there aren't biases about all sorts of things - including age. But employment discrimination is a legal concept, and the law is designed to expressly a protects people over 40.

So no, people under 40 have no legal basis to challenge a buyout which favors older individuals. To the extent there might be a legal claim from people over 40 about being pushed out, any buyout agreement will be drafted to protect the employer from such claims.

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