Age Discrimination in Employment Act Amendments

Summary

Age Discrimination in Employment Act Amendments - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to: (1) raise the maximum age of individuals protected under such Act to 70; (2) make unlawful seniority systems and employee benefit plans requiring individuals to retire because of age; (3) include Federal workers 40 or over within the protection afforded personnel actions under such Act notwithstanding other provisions of Federal law; (4) forbid the Civil Service Commission from creating exemptions allowing Federal agencies and the Postal Service to require an individual to retire because of age; (5) direct such Commission to study the effects of this Act; and (6) require the Secretary of Labor to conduct a feasibility study of eliminating the upper age limits protected under such Act.

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Timeline

1. 9 September 1977

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 9 September 1977

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 9 September 1977

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 9 September 1977

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Alexander, Bill [D-AR-1] · D · Sponsor
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• · hsed00 · Standing

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