Legislation cannot fix discrimination

The reason companies can discriminate, is rooted in their policies. The policies are written to defend, with emotions, not action, the potential, future action of the leadership of the company. The better the lawyers, the better the company's chance of surviving a discrimination lawsuit.

Faced with a natural phenom of aging, the experience should command a higher salary and employee loyalty. Unfortunately, the opposite is reality -- once the pay-rate and old-experience reaches its inflection point, it is time to replace with inexperience (aka trainable) and eagerness (ala lower pay acceptance).

Forbes captures discrimination honestly in this article and then immediately provides recommendations to manage the individual's discrimination.

• Forbes: Age Discrimination Takes Off