Weinberg, Turner Bill Aimed to Protect Older Workers, Passes Labor Committee May 6, 2021, 12:34 pm | in
Weinberg, Turner Bill Aimed to Protect Older Workers, Passes Labor Committee
Trenton – Recognizing that the State’s workforce is graying, and that current law is outdated and fails to protect older workers from age bias, the Senate Labor Committee passed legislation today sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg and Senator Shirley Turner that would amend laws on the books in order to extend age discrimination protections for State employees.
The amendments include the deletion of a provision dating back to 1938 that permits an employer to force retirement on an individual of a particular age if that employer can show that “age bears a manifest relationship to the employment in question.”