Running a business can be costly. In addition to paying rent, insurance, taxes, vendors, and other operating expenses, you have to pay employees.
And if you have good employment policies designed to retain your best talent, you might notice that those annual merit raises have added up over the years, and your most senior employees are now potentially dragging down your bottom line. Complicating matters, employers cannot simply fire their most senior employees just to cut costs without risking age discrimination claims.
Below, employers can read about how to avoid age discrimination when terminating older workers.
