Age discrimination only applies if you’re above 55.
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flyingjake@lemmy.one 6 months agoI wonder if an argument could be made that birthdate is a component of your genetic information including family medical history? It is also potentially age discrimination?
droans@lemmy.world 6 months ago
JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Are you being sarcastic? Or does being rejected for a job for being ‘too young’ fall under a different discrimination law?
(Genuine question, i have no idea)ramble81@lemm.ee 6 months ago
It doesn’t qualify as a type of discrimination that is federally protected. Suprising isn’t it?
Bgugi@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Creative thoughts, but the exact definitions don’t track (from GINA):
Genetic information.–
(A) In general.–The term “genetic information” means, with respect to any individual, information about–
(i) such individual’s genetic tests,
(ii) the genetic tests of family members of such individual, and
(iii) the manifestation of a disease or disorder in family members of such individual.
(B) Inclusion of genetic services and participation in genetic research.–Such term includes, with respect to any individual, any request for, or receipt of, genetic services, or participation in clinical research which includes genetic services, by such individual or any family member of such individual.
© Exclusions.–The term “genetic information” shall not include information about the sex or age of any individual.
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I doubt it - your age isn’t determined by your genetics. The family medical history part is so that someone doesn’t fire you (or not hire you) for things like your mom having a kind of cancer that is hereditary. As a manager, if one of my employees tells me their mom has cancer, I’m not allowed to ask what kind.
Tbird83ii@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Technically this is discrimination based on age.
They were born 4/20/(year). You could make an argument they are discrimination on all people exactly (X) years, 4 months, and 2 days old.
CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah we typically thing age discrimination is saying we only hire people between 20-40y/o but it would also cover it if you said “I won’t hire someone 21 years old only” and still applies to banning someone 21.5 years old. And 21 years and 6 months and 27 days old.
Same applies if I ban anyone with an age divisible by 3. It’s a group of people, but if their age has anything to do with why you aren’t hiring them then I’d say this applies.
TseseJuer@lemmy.world 6 months ago
20 days
davidgro@lemmy.world 6 months ago
No, the comment was written on the 18th so 2 days. The 4 months only matches because this is December.
TseseJuer@lemmy.world 6 months ago
wtf does the comment date have to do with April being the (4th) month and the (20th) being the 20th day of the month?