Age Discrimination Claims in West Chester PA
Speak to West Chester PA Age Discrimination Lawyer Steve Jarmon if you believe you have been discriminated because of your age. When workers feel they are not fairly compensated or believe they are being treated unfairly, threatened or were fired from a job because of their age, employers may be sued for age discrimination or wrongful termination.
Attorney Steve Jarmon aggressively prosecutes an employer who commits age discrimination violations with the same prosecutorial zeal he used as a former prosecutor. Contact employment attorney Steve Jarmon if you are facing age discrimination including but not limited to:
- An employer hires younger employees over older, more experienced candidates for the same position, with no good reason
- An older employee is passed over for a promotion and a younger employee is hired to do the job
- An employer gives an older employee low annual performance reviews and subsequently fires them for a history of poor performance
- Older employees are not allowed to receive job training and then fired following job evaluations for lack of flexibility in new assignments
- Employers fire or lay off older workers in favor of younger employees paid less for the same jobs
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) is designed to protect workers who are age 40 and above from becoming victims of discrimination in employment actions. Hire the experienced, aggressive former prosectuor, Steve Jarmon when you are the victim of an employer’s refusal or failure to hire, treat someone differently from others or fire employees due to their age.
The Age Discrimination Enforcement Act and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act prevent discrimination in the workplace based on age. Under these federal and state acts an employer cannot discriminate against employee who is 40 years old or older. For example, if an employer decided not to hire a potential employee because that person was 45 years old then this would be a violation of the law.
The law prevents an employee from treating an employee different then their other employees if the disparate treatment is based on their age. The key to age discrimination is that the person being discriminated against must be 40 years of age or older. For example if an employer prevents anyone who is older than 55 to take paid vacations than this would be a violation of the law. Even if the employer treated people between the ages of 40 and 55 fairly, he or she would still be guilty of discrimination because the person being discriminated against is over the age of 40.
The current laws do not protect discrimination on the basis of age for people under the age of 40 years old. Currently an employer is not barred from discriminating against potential employees or employees if they are under the age of 40. If you feel that you have been a victim of age discrimination you need action and you need justice.
Contact Us About Age Discrimination in West Chester Pennsylvania
Contact Steve Jarmon and the Employment law team of Ciccarelli Lawyers at (610) 925-2500 or toll free (877) 529-2422 to schedule an initial consultation if you have a question Age Discrimination in Employment, or have an issue or dispute that you believe needs legal attention. Our employment law practice is based in Chester County and we have locations in West Chester, Kennett Square and Exton and serve: Downingtown, Coatesville, Paoli, Malvern, Devon, Paoli, Oxford, West Grove, Lionville, Phoenixville in Chester County and also serve clients in Delaware County, Lancaster County, Montgomery County and Philadelphia PA.
