[rkangel]

As an aside, in the UK and EU you also can't discriminate based on age, but that means that you can't do anything based on length of service. For example, it is illegal to place a job advert requiring "x years of experience in z" because that requires you to be a certain age.

[thfuran]

Yeah, the US actually has "people over 40" as a protected class rather than outright banning discrimination based on age.

[jalk]

Perhaps not with a specific number of years, but you are certainly not obliged to consider every recent graduate who applies for your senior position

[rkangel]

No, but you have to look for (and talk in terms of) actual level of capability rather than just "you've done it for a while".