This paper explains that older employees and job applicants, who are 40 years of age or older, are protected under the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). The author
states that claimants can use time-consuming and costly processes of litigation, mediation, or dispute resolution to reach a settlement or decision on their complaints. The paper states that age
Discrimination claims continue to be the fastest-rising claims with the EEOC because American workers are living and working longer, sometimes into their 70s.