MSPB said 10.8 percent of those it surveyed said they had experienced or seen age discrimination in their workplaces in the prior two years. Image: Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock.com
Legislation (HR-8298 and S-4327) has been offered in Congress to increase the liability of federal agencies and other employers covered by the Age Discrimination in Employment Act for violations of that law.
Sponsors said that victims of other forms of discrimination prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act are eligible for both compensatory and punitive damage awards, the ADEA allows for awards of monetary loss only, with a cap of $300,000 “without considering the severity of harm caused by the discriminatory behavior.” That amount has not been increased since 1991, they added.
The bill would allow for awards in age discrimination cases on the same terms that apply to other types of discrimination—such as due to race, color, religion or gender—under the Civil Rights Act.
In the most recent survey of federal employee perceptions of discrimination, in a MSPB report issued last year, 10.8 percent said they had experienced or seen age discrimination in their workplaces in the prior two years. Age discrimination was the third most commonly cited form of discrimination, just behind race discrimination and gender discrimination, at 14.6 and 12.8 percent, and well above other forms of discrimination.
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