Kansas City Age Discrimination Lawyers

Protecting Workers Over 40 from Unfair Treatment in Missouri & Kansas

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Missouri Human Rights Act protect workers over 40 from age discrimination in the workplace. Some employers may consider you or your work to be outdated or irrelevant because of your age. Many times employers will blame this on “lack of performance” when they are actually very opposed to older workers. Some employers have also been known to terminate older workers because their “image” does not fit the company brand. In other cases, some employers are specifically against younger workers. No matter what the situation is, any kind of discrimination should not be tolerated.

Call our office at (913) 513-1052 or contact us online to schedule your free 30-minute consultation with a Kansas City age discrimination lawyer. We’re available in person or virtually.

Examples of Age Discrimination

You may have a claim for age discrimination if:

• Your workplace features offensive remarks about someone’s age such as calling an employee “grandpa,” or asking when they intend to retire;
• Older workers get less favorable treatment than younger workers with the same job such as harder work assignments or less lucrative sales territories;
• Older workers are held to different performance or conduct standards than younger workers;

Harassment about someone’s age is illegal when it is so frequent or serious that it creates a hostile work environment or when it results in a tangible employment decision, like being demoted, disciplined, or terminated. This should not be tolerated.