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Age discrimination in Job recruitment?

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$tyli$h Executive:
Age discrimination occurs when a decision of whether to recruit someone is made on the basis of a person’s age.

Although such discrimination could be seen in a reluctance to hire workers who were perceived to be too young and immature for the job, in practice it refers to a bias against older workers. In societies that celebrates youthfulness above almost all else, it can be very difficult for even highly qualified professionals to find new positions after the age of 50.

Should age discrimination be practiced in case of Job recruitment?

$tyli$h Executive:
The elderly may be just as capable as the young. Since age is not necessarily an indication of inferior ability or potential, treating a person less favourably on the basis of their age is just as unreasonable and unfair as doing so on the basis of his race or religion. It would also be inconsistent with the principles of equal treatment and non-discrimination, which are at the heart of the notion of individual rights.
If a particular elderly worker truly has, say, less concentration or manual strength than a younger worker, and this objectively and reasonably makes him less qualified for the particular job, then employers can still make their decisions based on his relative lack of suitability for the job – not on his age. Age by itself should not be a determinant.

Freaked12:
What's the question

$tyli$h Executive:
I modified it.

The Golden Girl =D:
no

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