[0xcde4c3db]

> age discrimination is every bit as illegal as race, sex, or disability discrimination

Oddly, this is not quite true at the US federal level. Unlike most protected categories, the one for age only applies to a specific subset of people (people over 40 years old), nor is it generally illegal to prefer an older candidate over a younger one [1].

[1] https://www.eeoc.gov/age-discrimination

[ChrisMarshallNY]

It's funny. In Japan, at my company, there were levels that were unattainable, until the applicant was a certain age. That would be completely illegal, in the US.

Ah, well, it's all water under the bridge. After a few of these hazin- er, interviews, I got the message, and accepted that I'm in early retirement, and I work for free, these days.

[Leherenn]

Would it? My understanding is that it's illegal to discriminate against people older than 40, not age in general. Maximum age would be illegal, but minimum sounds fine as long as it is below 40.

Various political offices have an age requirement, like 35 for the president. Not sure how relevant it is though.

[svachalek]

I think if you look at race, sex, and disability discrimination, there's an implicit direction as well. The law is not particularly worried about companies refusing to hire people without disabilities.