Discrimination In The Company because of the age of the worker

In a world increasingly competitive and changing world, in which the worker's ability to adapt to changing conditions is vital for their survival in the same, the age factor has come to acquire negative connotations certainly not the work environment would be convenient to ignore.

Hence today many older workers face preconceptions must by their younger colleagues because of his age. Has emerged, finally, a new form of job discrimination that stems from the age factor.

The right of every worker to equality and nondiscrimination

Our legal system is based on the idea that we are all equal, and therefore deserve equal treatment in all areas and aspects of our life, can not in any way be subjected to discrimination because of our personal characteristics: gender , color, sexual orientation, religion or, as we are concerned, age.

On the labor front, this would mean that people within a professional category are subject to a same rights and obligations, with the same privileges and employment benefits, and be subject to a same duties.

The problem today is that the age factor is no longer associated with maturity and experience, so highly valued in other areas. It is considered that an adult worker, especially in certain positions, is "obsolete" as if it were a machine.

This, combined with normally paid workers is precisely because of their seniority and promotions that have been deserved throughout his career, making them the first targets in any workforce restructuring, through the much feared "early retirement".

Manifestations of discrimination on grounds of age in the Company

A wide range of ways in which discrimination on grounds of age may arise in the workplace: when assigning certain tasks to certain employment benefits granted in the enjoyment of promotions and contests and, as already indicated, in the dismissal.

It is not uncommon for some managers try to "promote" the abandonment of their jobs by older age workers through tactics such issues as may be the most cumbersome task assignment or painful, the worst assignment of shifts or days vacation or even through an attitude of undermining their self-esteem through insult, scorn or contempt for their work in the company.

Such attitudes, known under the name of "harassment" or "mobbing", have been showing an increasing extent in our business, especially in times of crisis and economic recession.

The worst thing in these cases always suffer in silence phenomenon, or even yield to these illegitimate intentions. Seek legal advice to defend your interests will always be the best alternative, and you allow your rights, if you experience a phenomenon of this kind, are being restored.



Jose Alberto Espina Andría

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