Labor/Employment
Nov. 15, 2018
An Employment Lawyer’s Take on Age Discrimination in Silicon Valley
Ageism is the leading basis for discrimination complaints in California’s tech culture — 28 percent higher than race.
An aerial view of Silicon Valley. (Shutterstock)
Often with high salaries at their disposal, Silicon Valley's over-50 workforce can appreciate that fine wine gets better with age. And yet, nearly 90 percent of this age demographic worry about their personal job security and marketability.
Professionals in most industries -- medicine, law, education -- tend to wear their advanced years as badges of honor, equating age with wisdom, a reason to trust their judgment, grounds to feel sa...
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