Discrimination in the Workforce

Because the Australian population is aging, we face many challenges related to labor force. According to statistics released by the Australian Government (2010, 4 pages), for people over the age of 84, the number of people over the age of 65 is expected to double to quadrupled. As a result, the retirement age will increase and the number of elderly people will increase more than the workers. The workplace dynamics will face further difficulties as the program increases labor by increasing young and older workers (Skills Australia, 2010).

Reviewing the law on age discrimination around the world, it is considered that age discrimination in labor force is the most pressing legal issue. The aging labor force affects short-term and long-term economic forecasts in many countries, so discrimination and action in this field is necessary. Some laws only deal with age discrimination in employment, especially mandatory retirement age and discriminatory employment practices.

There are various types of discrimination, such as race, skin color, religion, sex, nationality, age. Age discrimination is defined as treatment by unemployed or unequal employers by the employer, depending on the age of the employee. Discrimination for some reason is a battle that we must continue to oppose. As workers get older in the labor force today, they are groups that must be protected from unfair or inequal treatment. The US government has promoted anti - discrimination through the 1964 Civil Rights Act (commonly referred to as Title VII). This measure prohibits employment discrimination based on race, skin color, religion, sex or nationality. From there, 1967 Employment Age Discrimination Act (ADEA) came into force. Employment age discrimination law in 1967 protects individuals aged 40 to 65 years from age-based employment discrimination

Age discrimination causes damage in other meaningful ways. Due to age discrimination of labor force, many elderly people are in poverty. While the Age Discrimination and Employment Act (ADEA) stipulates that workers over the age of 40 are illegal, up to two thirds of the workers between the ages of 45 and 74 are subject to age discrimination in the workplace It shows that it is. Unemployed elderly workers have longer unemployment times than young unemployed people and if they find a different job they usually have less salary than retiring jobs. "Official" unemployment rate for people over the age of 55 is around 3.5%, According to the analysis of Time magazine, a part-time worker who likes to work full-time and a person who gives up finding a job It is another. The unemployment rate has surprisingly reached 12%. According to the National Aging Committee, more than 25 million Americans over the age of 60 are not financially safe