{"id":33678,"date":"2019-07-03T10:36:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T14:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=33678"},"modified":"2019-07-10T09:27:39","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T13:27:39","slug":"aarp-lauds-efforts-of-congress-to-push-forward-a-law-against-age-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/07\/aarp-lauds-efforts-of-congress-to-push-forward-a-law-against-age-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"AARP Lauds Efforts Of Congress To Push Forward A Law Against Age Discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"
The House Education and Labor Committee\u2019s approval of the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA) in June was lauded by AARP as a key step toward enactment.
\n\u201cThe vote puts us one step closer to restoring fairness for older workers who experience age discrimination,\u201d said Nancy LeaMond, AARP executive vice president and chief advocacy and engagement officer. \u201cThe legislation makes Congress\u2019 intent clear that discrimination in the workplace\u2014against older workers or others\u2014is never acceptable.\u201d
\nThe action represents the first Congressional committee vote on the POWADA legislation. The bill now advances to the full House of Representatives for consideration.
\nPOWADA was first introduced, with strong AARP backing, after a 2009 Supreme Court decision (Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.) that made it harder for older workers to prove claims of illegal bias based on age.
\nAARP said POWADA would restore fairness for older workers by treating age discrimination just as seriously as other forms of workplace discrimination. It would restore longstanding protections under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).
\nAARP research has found that more than three in five older workers report that they have experienced or seen age bias in the workplace.
\nThe Education and Labor Committee vote follows a Committee hearing on May 21st that considered POWADA as part of deliberations titled \u201cEliminating Barriers to Employment: Opening Doors to Opportunity.\u201d
\nAARP Foundation Senior Attorney Laurie McCann, testifying on behalf of AARP, called on Congress \u201cto enact POWADA immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The House Education and Labor Committee\u2019s approval of the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA) in June was lauded by AARP as a key step toward enactment. \u201cThe vote puts us one step closer to restoring fairness for older workers who experience age discrimination,\u201d said Nancy LeaMond, AARP executive vice president and chief advocacy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-50-plus"],"yoast_head":"\r\n