Re: Postdoc position in program development, analysis and transformation

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Date: 03/23/04

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    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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