Older workers need equal legal protection

A fter working for a vending machine company for more than 20 years, James O'Connor was replaced with someone younger.

[Serendipity]

It's a sad fact of our society that age discrimination is alive and well. One would think that the 'young'uns' making these discriminatory decisions agains older workers would be astute enough to realize that these new rules will one day apply to them. Many older out-of-work people are modifying their resumes so that their age cannot be deduced. Gone are the days when experience, which is synonymous with age, was an asset rather than a liability. Our society does not respect the senior population in general. We should take some cues from the many Asian countries that believe that with age comes respect and reverence.

[John Gault]

People submitting resumes for ANY job, at ANY time, and at ANY age should not include their age on the resume, nor their marital status, nor the number of dependents. For many years now employers have been restricted from even asking applicants for their complete birthday, at least until the applicant has been given an offer of employment and a background check is underway. Of course, when you show up for the job interview and the interviewer(s) stare at your wizened visage with amazement that you could still be sucking down oxygen at your age, not including your birthday on the application may have become moot...