Question

For each of the scenarios below, determine whether you think it is likely that an employer could be discriminating against aperson because of his or her age. Explain why or why not-a. A young lawyer who just finished work on a multimilfion-dollar development deal downtown is hired by an economicdevelopment firm in lieu of an older lawyer who works on litigation.b. A large retail outlet hires an 80-year-old woman to greet customers instead of a 30-year-old woman who has beengreeting customers in other stores for a decade.c The owner of a local, hip smoothie bar in a university town just fired a graduate student who had worked at the bar forthree years and instead hired a college sophomore.

Answer 1

Answer: A young lawyer who just finished work on a multimillion -dollar development deal downtown is hired by an economic development firm in lieu of an older lawyer who works on litigation

This is not a case of discriminating against a person because of age, as we can see the young lawyer is better suited for a job in economic development as he already has worked on a development deal, where as the older lawyer is a litigator

A large retail outlet hires an 80-year-old woman to greet customers instead of a 30-year-old woman who has been greeting customers in other stores for a decade

This may be a case of age discrimination, because the 30 year old seems to be the better candidate, because she has experience in this work and will be more energetic than the 80 year old as well

The owner of a local, hip smoothie bar in a university town just fired a graduate student who had worked at the bar for three years and instead hired a college sophomore.

This may be a case of age discrimination because the employer is firing a graduate who has had 3 years of experience and hiring someone who hasn't graduated and has no experience

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