# Question regarding age discrimination
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-age-discrimination/472356
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 12, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-age-discrimination/472356 "2008-11-12T15:40:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-age-discrimination/472356/21 "2008-11-13T15:40:10Z")
> [@Cliffy](#):
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> That’s why I said “initiate,” rather than file. I expect the OP’s attorney can help him work through the deadlines; I merely wanted to warn him that the applicable limitations period is _short_.
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> –Cliffy
I suppose we could have a war of semantics about whether there’s a difference there, but I think we agree on the general principle–see a lawyer, you don’t have much time. 😃
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### Author:  [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-age-discrimination/472356/22 "2008-11-13T16:01:50Z")
> [@Balthisar](#):
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> And so, who, really, age discriminates in such cases? Isn’t “age discrimination” more a factor in hiring rather than in laying off? You know, because the investment in your has already been made.
I’ve seen both cases of companies firing or wanting to fire “the 6 people who’ve been in the job the least time” and of companies wanting to fire “the 6 people who’ve been in the job the longest.” The first ones were thinking “we’ll have to pay less for firing them, as the payout is based on time worked” the second ones “those are the ones who are more likely to be on the high end of their salary range, so we save more on payroll by firing them.”
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### Author:  [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-age-discrimination/472356/23 "2008-11-13T16:04:53Z")
If you do not know how to find an employment attorney, your state bar association probably has a referral service. Google “[state] bar association referral” and you should find something. If not, PM me your state and I’ll give it a whirl.
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