Age Discrimination Legislation

Love and respect are a couple of the few things that will last forever, but they are not always shown. In the Russian folk tale retold by Leo Tolstoy, “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson” and “Abuelito Who”, an informal yet intimate poem by Sandra Cisnero, the universal theme is “love and respect your elders”. A universal theme is “a message about life or human nature that is so fundamental to human existence that is true for all people of all time periods and cultures.” (Sato, 76) These themes aren’t restricted to just one particular place or time, but reappear over and over again, all over the place. “Themes in literature tend to recur because human beings are more similar than different, no matter what the culture.” (Sato, 77)

As one goes on through life and gets older, one gains more knowledge and wisdom. This is the lay of the land in Yoshiko Uchida’s “The Wise Old Women.” In this folktale, a cruel young lord decrees anybody over the age of seventy-one and demands them off to the mountains to die. From beginning to end of this tale, the theme that elders should be respected is revealed through the conflict and resolution.

Within the next 50 years the human population will continue to grow around 50 percent with an estimated 394 million people by 2050. Retirement will affect millions of people dramatically and the number of disabilities cases will rise. In fact the more education people have to more job seekers will look for suitable employment (Toossi, 2002).Education will be the key to successful employment. In today’s world you are finds more career working adults going back to school to advance their education for better jobs. In addition women are working more than men I believe by 2040 women will be working in more men driven careers.

In this case, Barney Hubsch may or may not have been unlawfully terminated on the basis of age under ADEA. Barney Hubsch has a possible case of age discrimination against McCarthy & Associates. Barney Hubsch can make his prima facie case of age discrimination. First, he is a member of the protected class at age 55. Second, he was terminated. Third, he was qualified for the job, as he worked there for fifteen years, received merit raises in nine of the fifteen years, and got many more complimentary evaluations than critical evaluations. Fourth, he can show that an individual younger than him was treated more favorably, as he was replaced with a man in his early thirties. McCarthy & Associates would have to prove that age was not the determinative

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 prohibits employer for age discrimination. The U.S. Congress assembled this act to protect applicants. The law prohibits any aspect of discrimination such as employment, which includes hiring process, layoff, firing, job assignment, pay and promotion other term or employment condition.

The Sex Discrimination Act was first introduced in 1970 and revised in 1995; it is now a part of The Equality Act of 2010

Japan’s history is categorized by historical time periods dating back to 12,000BC to modern day. The names of the time period reflect societal achievements, the name of the leader, or where the capital was located at that time. In the time periods before the Meiji period, there are multiple examples of men and women being viewed as equals. Women were both equal politically and socially in the Yayoi period, women were poets and writers in the Heian period, and throughout history there have been 8 female empresses. Moving forward, there is a transition of western influence coming into Japan that creates different opportunities for Japanese women. Before, during the Meiji period, very few women or women relating accomplishments appeared. At first, Japan wanted to be secluded and to stay away from outsiders however the leader at the time slowly began to open the ports to Western influence and eventually moved away from seclusion. This time

The Age Discrimination Act is a federal law that prohibits age discrimination. It was signed into

Discrimination in the workplace is a very important topic in our society. It has plagued the workplace around the world for a very long time. It has improved over the years but, we are still struggling to win over this problem. Discrimination is defined as distinguishing differences between things or treating someone as inferior based on their race, sex, national origin, age or other characteristics. An example of discrimination is when you can tell the difference between fine wine and cheap wine (discrimination). There are many types of discrimination. Race is one of the problems we face. Gender inequality is another problem in the workplace. I can’t believe age is a reason of discrimination in the workplace,

However, in my country there are so many issued that gets sweep under the rug and some of these issues are not taken as seriously as it wold be in the US. So employers get away with a lot of unfair treatments towards individuals because their Union can only so much. Both of my friends were treated unjustly and was discriminated upon because of their age and justice did not prevail because the law is not as serious with these kind of offences. Circumstances were different and it was in the US the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) would have proceed with litigation for the blatant age

Work ethics involves attitude, behaviour, respect, communication and interaction. Ethics is a system of moral principles which refers to the judgements that people make, it involves systemizing, defending, and recommending concepts of rights and wrong behaviour. It is based on following rules of conduct which is recognised in respect to a particular action. Workplace ethics are values and principles which help people determine how things should be done in an organization.

Though Japan is the third most developed economy in the world, the World Economic Forum ranked the country 105th out of 136 countries in its recent global gender-gap report, putting it behind countries such as Cameroon and Tajikistan. Women participation in the labor force is at around 62% compared to the 80% participation rate among men. There is also only a 63% employment rate among women compared to the 65% rate among men. However, these numbers do not take into account that a large portion of these women work part time jobs. Moreover, of those women participating in the work force, most work in occupations that do not offer much financial security; women make up 77% or Japan’s part-time and temporary workforce, and only 11% of senior positions and 1% of executive committee memberships in Japanese companies are held by women. There has been a so-called “bamboo ceiling” limiting the careers of women in Japan, coined so due to the “thick, hard, and not even transparent” constraint on the advancement of a woman’s professional development.

Japan is considered an old man in today's society and leader in terms of aging population demographics. David Swinbanks, the managing director Asia & Australasia Region at Nature America, Inc, explains Japan's demographics, "The population of people over 65 will rise rapidly to 32 million by 2015, constituting a quarter of the population, while the working-age population, aged 15-64, that has to support them, will fall from 87 to 76 million." The population of people over 65 is rising rapidly to the point in which they outnumber the working age population. Japan is a "shrinking, graying society with young people crushed under the economic burden of providing for the elderly" (Smith). Japan's population is headed for economic and social disaster as the population shrinks and workforce diminishes, however,

specific age group. Cases of age discrimination can also be justified when employment is refused to

Population aging may affect output for two reasons. First, population aging means that large portion of people stop working because their age is not encouraged them to work anymore. If there are no compensation mechanisms at work for the elder, there will be only a small number of population engaged in productive work. It will make total output per capita will decline. Second, the savings rate varies by age. Working age people save the most and also because they have a reason to save in anticipation of retirement. If the elder are not working or have little income, thus they have little or no ability to save. If a country has a high share