A defense contractor is being sued over allegations that it discriminated against older workers in job ads.
FILE - A sign stands at the road leading to the Raytheon facility in Marlborough, Mass., on June 10, 2019. The major defense contractor was sued Tuesday, June 11, 2024 over allegations that it discriminated against older workers in job ads. – A major defense contractor was sued Tuesday over allegations that it discriminated against older workers in job ads.
in violation of the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Massachusetts Fair Employment Practices Act, and the Virginia Human Rights Act.RTX, formerly Raytheon Technologies Corporation, is an American multinational aerospace and defense conglomerate headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
“Americans are living and working longer than ever, yet unfair and discriminatory hiring practices are keeping older workers from jobs they’re qualified for,” the AARP Foundation's senior vice president for litigation, William Alvarado Rivera, said in a statement. “Raytheon’s intentional discrimination against experienced job candidates, simply because of their age, is illegal and unacceptable.
“Fortune 500 companies should know better than to exclude hardworking older Americans from jobs by targeting ‘recent college graduates’ in hiring posts,” Klein said in a statement, adding that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission “has long held that this type of language discourages qualified older workers from applying for jobs.”applied for several positions at the company
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