• flyingjake@lemmy.one
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    11 months ago

    I wonder if an argument could be made that birthdate is a component of your genetic information including family medical history? It is also potentially age discrimination?

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      11 months ago

      Technically this is discrimination based on age.

      They were born 4/20/(year). You could make an argument they are discriminating all people exactly (X) years, 4 months, and 2 days old.

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        11 months ago

        Yeah we typically thing age discrimination is saying we only hire people between 20-40y/o but it would also cover it if you said “I won’t hire someone 21 years old only” and still applies to banning someone 21.5 years old. And 21 years and 6 months and 27 days old.

        Same applies if I ban anyone with an age divisible by 3. It’s a group of people, but if their age has anything to do with why you aren’t hiring them then I’d say this applies.

      • JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        Are you being sarcastic? Or does being rejected for a job for being ‘too young’ fall under a different discrimination law?
        (Genuine question, i have no idea)