[codeonfire]

Part of the problem, at least in America is one that people don't want to talk about. The industry has globalized greatly over the last couple decades, and many companies hire in areas that have no labor standards. Companies are operating under US labor standards but are hiring people in greater numbers in China and India, some to work in the US. In those places discrimination by age is commonplace. Additionally, there are a large number of foreign managers working in the US who don't understand why they can't just openly discriminate by whatever standard they want. and it makes sense they are confused if you're allowed to discriminate in some cases but not others at the same company. No one regulates US based corporations hiring people in overseas markets for US jobs. The problem is so bad that many resumes that US managers in US companies have sitting on their desk contain things like age, birthplace, country of origin, family members, and even blood type. It blatantly violates US law.