1 week Ago
Hello, dear readers. I am back after taking a brief sabbatical from my column, a first in 22 years. Several weeks ago , my column featured five areas that highlighted the subject of aging as reflected in digital and print media, podcasts, webinars, research reports and more.
Here are five more areas that indicate the pervasiveness and relevance of the subject. It’s a bird’s eye overview from just one person’s perspective and is not based on formal analytics. Public policy: One example is the Congressional bill entitled Protecting Older Workers Against Age Discrimination Act (POWADA) of 2023.
With bipartisan support, this bill is in response to a 2009 Supreme Court ruling that made it more difficult to prove claims of illegal biases under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. Since 2009, older workers must prove that age is the deciding factor in the employment decision, rather than just one of the factors. This is a higher burden of proof than needed for other types of job discrimination claims.
“ This bill helps level the playing field for older workers and restores their ability to fight back against age discrimination in the workplace,” wrote Bill Sweeney, AARP senior vice president for government affairs. Older consumers: In 2022, t he 65-and-older demographic accounted for 22 percent of spending in the U.S.
economy. This is the highest market share since records began in 1972. This increase has been attributed to older consumers’ health, wealth and perhap.
