Re: Postdoc position in program development, analysis and transformation

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Date: 03/23/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 15:51:28 -0800

On 22 Mar 2004 14:24:19 -0800, Thomas A. Russ <tar@sevak.isi.edu> wrote:

>> On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 06:00:29 -0600, Paul F. Dietz <dietz@dls.net> wrote:
>>
>> > Wim Vanhoof wrote:
>> >
>> >> Candidates should not be older than 35 years
>> >
>> > Hmm. In the US, I think that would be a violation of federal age
>> > discrimination laws. (But IANAL)
>>
>> How come requiring a US president to be at least 35 isn't
>> a violation of those same laws?
>
> US courts have recently ruled that the US age discrimination laws only
> prohibit discrimination against older workers. They do nothing to
> protect younger workers.
>
> The case dealt with pension rights where younger workers were being
> given less desireable treatment than older workers. They sued under the
> age discrimination statute and lost, since they were not in the age
> group that was protected by those laws.

Ah, thanks! 

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