AGE DISCRIMINATION

DISCRIMINATION, EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, EGALITARIANISM

Gus Tavus is a 52-year old who had applied for a new position at Best Protection Insurance Company (BPIC). Gus position as a regional center manager was being eliminated at the BPIC. Therefore, he applied for the new position of corporate claims specialist position (CCS). Gus Tavus and the other candidates that were over the age of 40 were not consider for the new positions, therefore, showing that these candidates were being age discriminated against (Heneman, Judge, Kammeyer-Muller, 2012).

BPIC did not follow protocol on the listing the new position, interviewing or selecting the employees for the new CCS positions. BPIC did not post the position with the job descriptions, therefore, not allowing candidates to know what the duties of the new positions were or allowing them to figure out if they met the qualification of the job. In the past Gus has always received outstanding remarks on