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Over 45? Rejuvenate Your Job Search and Get Hired

Tip 13: Know your rights

Hopefully you will never be turned down or let go from a job due to your age. But if it happens you do have recourse so it pays to know your rights.

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 protects certain applicants and employees 40 years of age and older from discrimination on the basis of age in hiring, promotion, discharge, compensation, or terms, conditions or privileges of employment. 

The law is enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Anyone who believes his or her employment rights have been violated may file a charge of discrimination with the EEOC.