New RetirementJobs.com research shows employers are three-times more optimistic than employees about a decline of age bias in the future

Last Update: 8:00 AM ET Jan 29, 2007 

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WELLESLEY, Mass., Jan 29, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) — As part of its mission to make age-friendly workplaces the norm, RetirementJobs.com,( www.retirementjobs.com), the Web’s leading career destination for people aged 50+, today announced the first Workplace Age Bias Index(C), to serve as a barometer by which changes in the status and perceptions of age bias among employers, employees, and the general population may be measured.

The creation of the Age Bias Index was driven by a demand to track how changing perceptions of age bias may influence behavior of employers, workers, retirees, job seekers, and enforcement organizations. Age bias will be an important issue in the midst of anticipated developments that economists have forecasted for the future of the United States over the next 20 years:

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Ron Moore :: Feb.03.2007 :: Workforce Issues, General Interest :: No Comments »