Comments on: Age Discrimination Lawsuits Carry Great Financial Penalties http://www.effortlesshr.com/blog/employee-issues/age-discrimination-lawsuits-carry-great-financial-penqalties/ A comprehensive human resources blog with a focus on small business labor laws and employee issues. Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:47:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Damon@Honest Debt Settlement http://www.effortlesshr.com/blog/employee-issues/age-discrimination-lawsuits-carry-great-financial-penqalties/#comment-6914 Damon@Honest Debt Settlement Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:30:26 +0000 http://www.effortlesshr.com/blog/?p=57#comment-6914 Age discrimination is a pretty obvious thing that employees can be sure to avoid. However, with so many federal laws and in many states, just as many state laws, it is becoming harder every year to actually run a profitable business. I really think a lot of it has really gotten out of hand. Large corporations of course can employ people to stay on top of this stuff, but small and medium sized companies really have an enormous financial strain brought on by regulation. I feel the governments should take a less is more approach, but sadly they always want to increase their share of the pie. Personally I don't believe in age discrimination as long as the person is the best qualified for the job. The problem is, if the person is older (say only 5 years from typical retirement), is it wrong for an employer to prefer a younger applicant simply because investing in a younger candidate could be a smarter financial choice. You may get many more years out of the training investment. So when does it cross the line from a wise business decision to age discrimination. It is a slippery slope when we allow the regulators and courts more and more control into dictating who must be hired. I thought this was a free market after all, is it not? .-= Damon@Honest Debt Settlement´s last blog ..<a href="http://damonday.com/196/debt-settlement-companies-top-5-ways-they-can-screw-you/" rel="nofollow">Debt Settlement Companies - Top 5 ways they can Screw you!</a> =-. Age discrimination is a pretty obvious thing that employees can be sure to avoid. However, with so many federal laws and in many states, just as many state laws, it is becoming harder every year to actually run a profitable business. I really think a lot of it has really gotten out of hand. Large corporations of course can employ people to stay on top of this stuff, but small and medium sized companies really have an enormous financial strain brought on by regulation. I feel the governments should take a less is more approach, but sadly they always want to increase their share of the pie.

Personally I don’t believe in age discrimination as long as the person is the best qualified for the job. The problem is, if the person is older (say only 5 years from typical retirement), is it wrong for an employer to prefer a younger applicant simply because investing in a younger candidate could be a smarter financial choice. You may get many more years out of the training investment. So when does it cross the line from a wise business decision to age discrimination. It is a slippery slope when we allow the regulators and courts more and more control into dictating who must be hired. I thought this was a free market after all, is it not?
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]]> By: Joe@Asda Finance http://www.effortlesshr.com/blog/employee-issues/age-discrimination-lawsuits-carry-great-financial-penqalties/#comment-6444 Joe@Asda Finance Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:36:26 +0000 http://www.effortlesshr.com/blog/?p=57#comment-6444 Agreed, how would this effect a smaller say 5-10 sized company though .-= Joe@Asda Finance´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.mns.co.uk/info/checkmyfile/" rel="nofollow">CheckMyFile</a> =-. Agreed, how would this effect a smaller say 5-10 sized company though
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