Combating Age Discrimination in the Workplace A Study of the United States’ Rights-Based Response Elisabeth Boulot In 1967, Congress passed the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). The twin goals of this new piece of legislation were to address the problem of the long-term joblessness of older workers perceived to result from employers’ misconceptions about the value of their contribution to the workforce and to “uphold the dignity” (Rep. John Dent, House Report 6) of these workers by pre- venting stereotypical thinking about age and aging. The
The Gender Issue, a Question of Non-Discrimination1 Charles Goerens SUMMARY This contribution written from the perspective of a Luxembourg politician with considerable national and international experience explores the question of what is needed to accept and respect being different. The contribution emphasizes that – as the history of the 20th century pointedly shows – in democratic na- tions legal provisions alone, despite their undisputed necessity, are not sufficient to prevent discrimination, but that a humanistically constituted public spirit is
