The EEOC announced that it will hold a public hearing to discuss age discrimination on Wednesday, July 15 at 10:00 a.m. EDT at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.

The EEOC says the hearing is necessary due to “widespread layoffs, a significant spike in age discrimination charges, threats to employee benefits, and controversial recent court decisions.” Topics to be addressed will include:

• “the results of age stereotyping on older workers’ ability to keep their jobs during layoffs or to find work afterwards”;
• “the effect of recent controversial Supreme Court decisions on enforcement of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)”;
• perspectives from participants in recent ADEA cases; and
• technical assistance from the EEOC on employee rights when offered a severance package in exchange for a waiver of claims.

Additional information about the hearing will be made available by the EEOC here.

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