Both federal and state laws prohibit age discrimination and harassment against employees.
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”) prohibits discrimination against employees who are at least 40 years old. Pursuant to the ADEA, it shall be unlawful for an employer:

• to fail or refuse to hire or discharge any individual or otherwise discriminate against any individual with respect to his or her compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual’s age;


• to limit, segregate, or classify his or her employees in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his or her status as an employee, because of such individual’s age; or


• to reduce the wage rate of any employee in order to comply with the ADEA.

It shall also be unlawful for an employer to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment, for employment agency to discriminate against any individual, or for a labor organization to discriminate against any member thereof or applicant for membership, because such individual, member or applicant for membership has opposed any practice made unlawful by this section, or because such individual, member or applicant for membership has made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or litigation under this chapter.