Comments on: How to Know if You’re Experiencing Age Discrimination https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-know-if-youre-experiencing-age-discrimination/ VitalSmarts is now Crucial Learning Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:20:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Mark Kennedy https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-know-if-youre-experiencing-age-discrimination/#comment-7693 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:20:30 +0000 https://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=9185#comment-7693 Excellent advice, especially the advice to not overreact. It seems odd to me that the supervisor would need to ask the employee’s age as they would have access to the personnel file. It’s also odd that the supervisor didn’t handle this sensitive topic more appropriately. These factors make me curious about trust also. That said, you point out that the employer may be asking the question in connection with staffing plans. If the employee can safely ask, “I’m curious why you were asking about retirement” and the supervisor confirmed it was for planning, then the employee might want to consider asking the employer, “When I do make the decision to retire, how much advance notice would be helpful for you?” As a retiree, I knew well in advance of the minimally required notice that I would be retiring and worked proactively with my employer to create a smooth transition.

]]> By: Darrell https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-know-if-youre-experiencing-age-discrimination/#comment-7692 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 18:59:51 +0000 https://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=9185#comment-7692 Excellent advice, Joseph, on both the legal and interpersonal fronts.

One thing I’d add to your recommendation about emails to the boss is to bcc them to a personal email address. This way, the employee has access to them for sure. If the emails are only stored in a work “sent” folder and the employee is terminated, it’s likely the company will pull his/her access to that email account before s/he can recover the emails. Another option is to print out the emails after they’re sent.

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