Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 9
- Latest action
- May 20, 2025
What it does
The Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act of 2025 would amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and related civil rights laws to clarify that discrimination claims can be proven if age, race, disability, or other protected characteristics were a motivating factor in an employment decision, even if other factors were also involved. It would apply these revised standards to federal employees and limit remedies in certain cases where the employer proves it would have taken the same action absent the discriminatory factor, allowing only declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and attorney’s fees—but not damages, reinstatement, hiring, promotion, or payment. The bill…
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Who is involved
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Where it goes next
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