Walk It Through: The Comment at Work
A supervisor's remark about age, a promotion that goes elsewhere, a complaint, and a release to sue.
An employee in her sixties hears a supervisor say the company wants younger faces up front. A promotion goes to someone much younger.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
An age complaint against a private employer. A federal charge with the EEOC, a hostile environment claim, and damages at trial are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.