Phoenix Age Discrimination Attorney

Gillespie, Shields & Durrant

What is Age Discrimination?

Age discrimination is a type of discrimination that occurs when employers exercise bias toward an employee due to his/her age.  When an employer has bias toward an employee’s age and it adversely impacts his/her decisions related to hiring, termination, compensation or demotion, the employer is participating in age discrimination.  Age discrimination is a very complex topic that falls under the legal area of employment discrimination and employment law.

Like all types of discrimination, employees are protected from age discrimination by the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  According to the Civil Rights Act, it is illegal for any employer to exercise bias toward an employee because of his/her age.  It does not matter if the employer feels the employee is too young or too old, age discrimination is prohibited in the work place and is punishable under federal law.

Reporting Age Discrimination

After an employee believes that he/she is a victim of age discrimination, the employee may wish to report unlawful behavior to upper management within his/her company.  If that is not an option, the employee may wish to file a complaint with the company’s human resources department.  If the company does not intervene or take pro-active measures to put an end to the discrimination, the next recourse would be obtaining the services of an Phoenix employment law attorney, like the attorneys at Gillespie, Shields & Durrant.

At Gillespie, Shields & Durrant, we have handled a vast array of age discrimination cases in the state of Arizona.  Our anti-discrimination lawyers firmly believe that all employees should be treated equally, regardless of their ages.  Our firm will do all that we can to put an end to discrimination and to protect the Civil Rights of our clients.

Phoenix Age Discrimination Firm

Handling Age Discrimination Cases in Phoenix, Mesa, Chandler & Gilbert

If you have been subjected to unlawful treatment at your place of employment, now is the time to get the experienced Phoenix age discrimination attorneys at Gillespie, Shields & Durrant involved! Contact an attorney in regards to your case today.