Discrimination in Employment/National Labor Relations Act

What is the Age Discrimination in Employment Act?

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) prohibits employment discrimination based on age. For purposes of this statute, age is defined as forty years of age or older. Thus, under the ADEA, an employer could refuse to hire you because you are twenty-five years old. However, some state laws prohibiting age discrimination have a broader definition of the protected class.

What is the National Labor Relations Act?

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) deals with the role of unions as the bargaining representative of employees and prohibits discrimination in employment based on union activity or other protected concerted activity.

Side Bar - By Any Other Name . . . The NLRA is referred to by several different names. It is also called the Wagner Act, and is part of the Labor-Management Relations Act (also called the Taft-Hartley Act).