I’m with you Joe. Youngin (and where’s Rosie?) I pray will begin to see the light. We need Republicans back in the mix again, however a new breed of Republicans.
It is not a coincidence that the Great Oba
wants to limit Health care to the elderly by giving those “advanced in age” just a pain pill, and now his administration wants to limit the elderly in thier job possibilities as well.
If the Great Oba has his way, we’ll all be eating Solient Green (showing my age on that remark!)
I think you mis read the article. the Supreme Court was making it harder for senior citizens to prove age discrimantion. The Dems bill would erase that burden. It was the unltra conservative court that made the decision. From an older American…..
I wouldn’t use the word discriminate, but I agree that companies need to be free to hire the most qualified individuals and fire the least qualified.
The idea is that every single employer/employee relationship in this country should be based on performance above all else. If you can do your job in a way that benefits my bottom line, I don’t care if you’re 22, 72, black, white, male, female, straight or gay. I want to hire & keep the best person for that job.
Thanks for your comment. I hope I interview soon with a person who shares your views!
I would just like to point out that employers are indeed discriminating against older workers. Older being age 40 or older. It’s a fact. Career coaches are telling us to show 10 years experience on our resumes, even if we have 30.
Employers are sometimes reluctant to hire older people because they don’t want us on their group health care policy. We might drive up the cost, even though any one at any age can come down with a terminal or very serious illness and need extensive medical care. I worked in an office where a 20something took 40 personal/sick days topped off by a three month stint in rehab. Rest of us “older workers” just went to the doctor once in a while for preventative and minor sick care. So age need not be an indication of how much medical care a person will require.
So a company should be able to chose a qualified young white man over an equally qualified older black woman for no apparent reason than that young man would “fit in better?” I worked in an office where applications of african americans were thrown out in the trash as soon as the applicant left the interview. One young african american woman called back to see how she stood as a candidate. They couldn’t find her application and she called the EEOC. EEOC investigated and lo and be hold – turns out that young lady was indeed the best qualified for the job. She got the job and excelled.
Yes, a younger worker can get sick, just like an older worker can, but the older worker is MORE likely to get sick then the younger worker. Its just like auto insurance. Just because you are older, does’t mean you won’t get into an accident, but the younger drivers tend to have moer accidents, hence why the younger drivers are charged more on their insurance.
I don’t think that employers are thinking about the cost of their group health insurance when it comes to hiring. They are thinking “the younger workers will be more likly to take less pay” or “they might be less likly to call in sick (if the younge person is responsible)”. Heck, even marriage status is a factor. If they don’t have a spouse, they won’t have to call out if the spouse gets sick.
Yes, any private-sector employer should be able to discriminate against anybody for any reason, but this doesn’t mean that any employer may engage in harassment of any type. Private sector excludes gov’t. (local, state, and federal) employers.
While no gov’t. entity should be held to any type of quota system or affirmative action requirements, gov’t entities must establish objective criteria for hiring the most qualified employees w/o any discrimination whatsoever.
So, relative to private sector employers, do you think that prof sports teams will discriminate against blacks? Do you think interior design firms, fashion, and clothing companies will discriminate against gays?
What you’ll find is that employers who discriminate will lose out in the market place, because such employers won’t have the best qualified employees. The market is the best enforcer in the history of the world and, as we all know, it’s objective and impersonal.
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I’m with you Joe. Youngin (and where’s Rosie?) I pray will begin to see the light. We need Republicans back in the mix again, however a new breed of Republicans.
It is not a coincidence that the Great Oba
wants to limit Health care to the elderly by giving those “advanced in age” just a pain pill, and now his administration wants to limit the elderly in thier job possibilities as well.
If the Great Oba has his way, we’ll all be eating Solient Green (showing my age on that remark!)
I think you mis read the article. the Supreme Court was making it harder for senior citizens to prove age discrimantion. The Dems bill would erase that burden. It was the unltra conservative court that made the decision. From an older American…..
I wouldn’t use the word discriminate, but I agree that companies need to be free to hire the most qualified individuals and fire the least qualified.
The idea is that every single employer/employee relationship in this country should be based on performance above all else. If you can do your job in a way that benefits my bottom line, I don’t care if you’re 22, 72, black, white, male, female, straight or gay. I want to hire & keep the best person for that job.
Thanks for your comment. I hope I interview soon with a person who shares your views!
I would just like to point out that employers are indeed discriminating against older workers. Older being age 40 or older. It’s a fact. Career coaches are telling us to show 10 years experience on our resumes, even if we have 30.
Employers are sometimes reluctant to hire older people because they don’t want us on their group health care policy. We might drive up the cost, even though any one at any age can come down with a terminal or very serious illness and need extensive medical care. I worked in an office where a 20something took 40 personal/sick days topped off by a three month stint in rehab. Rest of us “older workers” just went to the doctor once in a while for preventative and minor sick care. So age need not be an indication of how much medical care a person will require.
So a company should be able to chose a qualified young white man over an equally qualified older black woman for no apparent reason than that young man would “fit in better?” I worked in an office where applications of african americans were thrown out in the trash as soon as the applicant left the interview. One young african american woman called back to see how she stood as a candidate. They couldn’t find her application and she called the EEOC. EEOC investigated and lo and be hold – turns out that young lady was indeed the best qualified for the job. She got the job and excelled.
Yes, a younger worker can get sick, just like an older worker can, but the older worker is MORE likely to get sick then the younger worker. Its just like auto insurance. Just because you are older, does’t mean you won’t get into an accident, but the younger drivers tend to have moer accidents, hence why the younger drivers are charged more on their insurance.
I don’t think that employers are thinking about the cost of their group health insurance when it comes to hiring. They are thinking “the younger workers will be more likly to take less pay” or “they might be less likly to call in sick (if the younge person is responsible)”. Heck, even marriage status is a factor. If they don’t have a spouse, they won’t have to call out if the spouse gets sick.
Yes, any private-sector employer should be able to discriminate against anybody for any reason, but this doesn’t mean that any employer may engage in harassment of any type. Private sector excludes gov’t. (local, state, and federal) employers.
While no gov’t. entity should be held to any type of quota system or affirmative action requirements, gov’t entities must establish objective criteria for hiring the most qualified employees w/o any discrimination whatsoever.
So, relative to private sector employers, do you think that prof sports teams will discriminate against blacks? Do you think interior design firms, fashion, and clothing companies will discriminate against gays?
What you’ll find is that employers who discriminate will lose out in the market place, because such employers won’t have the best qualified employees. The market is the best enforcer in the history of the world and, as we all know, it’s objective and impersonal.