ADEA
What is the full name for ADEA?
For ADEA, full name is Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; employee threshold is 20; requirement is to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual or otherwise discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual's age; counting note is any worker who qualifies as an employee is counted, including part-time employees, seasonal employees, and temporary employees, verified against its source on 2026-11-01.
If a complaint involves age discrimination, the business is covered by the laws we enforce if it has 20 or more employees who worked for the company for at least twenty calendar weeks (in this year or last).
— eeoc.gov, retrieved 2026-09-29
- Law
- ADEA our reading
- Full name
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 verified
- Employee threshold
- 20 verified
- Requirement
- to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual or otherwise discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual's age verified
- Counting note
- any worker who qualifies as an employee is counted, including part-time employees, seasonal employees, and temporary employees verified
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Law and Full name
That this Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the 'Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967'.
Requirement
(1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual or otherwise discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual's age;
Counting note
In determining whether an employer is covered, any worker who qualifies as an employee is counted, including part-time employees, seasonal employees, and temporary employees. Independent contractors and other non-employees, such as owners, are not counted.
— all from eeoc.gov, retrieved 2026-09-29
Sources
- eeoc.govhttps://www.eeoc.gov/employers/coverage-businessprivate-employers
- uscode.house.govhttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section630&num=0&edition=prelim
- uscode.house.govhttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section623&num=0&edition=prelim
- uscode.house.govhttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section621&num=0&edition=prelim
- eeoc.govhttps://www.eeoc.gov/employers/how-do-you-count-number-employees-employer-has