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Employment Seniority and Senior Citizens.
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Gersuny, Carl – Gerontologist, 1987
Supports seniority as a just principle for governing personnel decisions, under fair hiring and valid competence assessment. Argues that seniority reduces likelihood that senior citizens will be second-class citizens in workplace, that seniority rights protect older workers against age discrimination, and that seniority rights protect and increase…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Employees, Employment, Older Adults
Employees.
Bickel, Robert D. – 1978
Judicial review of college and university decisions regarding faculty and other employees continues to encompass a broad range of actions, including selection and appointment; evaluation of performance; substantive and procedural aspects of nonretention or dismissal; alleged employment discrimination based upon sex, race, age, or national origin;…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, College Administration, Court Litigation, Dismissal (Personnel)
Work after 65: Options for the 80's. Hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, Ninety-Sixth Congress, Second Session. Part 2--Washington, D.C.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging. – 1980
Flexible retirement policies have worked very well for four major United States corporations, accordinq to testimony of their executives during the second part of a U.S. Senate hearing on work after age 65, conducted in Washington, D.C., in May, 1980. Executives of Xerox, Polaroid, Bankers Life and Casualty, and Atlantic Richfield told the special…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Demography, Employee Attitudes
Employees.
Biggs, Thomas S., Jr. – 1980
In 1979 judicial activity continued to add to the body of law available relative to relationships between universities and colleges and their employees. Cases touched on the nature of the contract when an offer of employment has been made and accepted, benefits and working conditions, and termination and the procedural safeguards involved.…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Civil Rights, Contracts, Court Litigation
Work after 65: Options for the 80's. Hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, Ninety-Sixth Congress, Second Session. Part 3--Orlando, Fla.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging. – 1980
The problem of senior citizens in Florida who need to work are chronicled in this third part of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, Work after 65 hearings, conducted in Orlando, Florida, in July, 1980. During the Florida hearing, representatives of various government programs for senior citizens, professors of education and economics and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Demography
Work after 65: Options for the 80's. Hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, Ninety-Sixth Congress, Second Session. Part 1--Washington, D.C.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging. – 1980
With Social Security and retirement benefits unable to keep up with inflation, and persons living longer than ever in this country, retirement at age 65 or younger may no longer be a desirable choice for millions of older workers. These themes were articulated by government officials and foundation officers at the first session of a U.S. Senate…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Demography