Age Discrimination in the Workplace Harold had been with the company for forty-five years. There was no doubt that his contributions over the past few decades have helped the once intimate company transform into an international corporation. As Harold approached his sixty-fifth birthday, he was greeted with a staff party and a mandatory retirement notice that took effect two weeks from that date. Harold was astonished, as he had no intention of leaving his position in the company; in fact, he was still fully capable of performing his duties better than any new hire ever could, not to mention the fact that his attendance record was spotless. Needless to say, Harold was completely surprised to discover that his corporate loyalties had been cast aside to accommodate a younger workforce. Age discrimination became more than a minor inconvenience during the twentieth century; in fact, the issue has become such a hot potato in the workplace that they have been forced to adopt laws as a means of addressing the problem. In order to help protect those at risk of being singled out and let go due to age injustice, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) was designed with older employees in mind. The problem at hand is that companies are unwilling to look beyond their aging workforce, choosing instead to push them out of the technology loop rather than attempt to incorporate them as valuable assets. "There is enough research that says older workers are trustworthy, they can change, they can learn. What we have failed to understand is that research and management practice are not always related" (Capowski, 1994, p. 10 ). I. READ IN ACTIONThe most powerful......middle of paper......ment Review,vol. 83, pp. 10(6). Flynn, Gillian (1997, December). Aging baby boomers may mean more lawsuits; Boomers fit the profile of employees most likely to file discrimination lawsuits. Workforce, vol. 76, pp. 105(2). Issacharoff, Samuel; Worth Harris, Erica (1997, October). Is Age Discrimination Really Age Discrimination?: The ADEA's Unnatural Solution. New York University Law Review, pp. 780-840. Noble, Robert J. (1996, July-August). How discrimination laws affect compensation. Compensation and Benefits Review, Vol. 28, pp. 38(5). Taylor, Dianne L.; Tashakkori, Abbas (1995, April). Participation in decisions and school climate as predictors of job satisfaction and teacher sense of meaning. Journal of Experimental Education, vol. 63, pp. 217. Worsnop, Richard L. (1997, August). Age discrimination. Researcher CQ, vol. 7, pages. 675(17).