Betrayed: The Legalization of Age Discrimination in the Workplace - Softcover

Betrayed: The Legalization of Age Discrimination in the Workplace explains why so many workers in their 40s, 50s and older are out of work, laboring in part-time or temp jobs and generally struggling to survive. Age discrimination in America is hidden behind phrases like "long-term unemployment" and "early retirement." Moreover, a confluence of failures by American institutions have left older workers with little or no protection against age discrimination. The author examines the reasons for the failure of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and the devastating consequences for older workers during and since the Great Recession.

Patricia G. Barnes is a nationally recognized authority on employment discrimination and workplace abuse, having been quoted in The New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, NBC, Vox, Fast Company, AARP, etc. She is an attorney, former judge and the author of Surviving Bullies, Queen Bees & Psychopaths in the Workplace and Transcend Your Boss: Zen and the Difficult Workplace. She wrote two books for CQ Press that are held in libraries around the world and has contributed to many national and international publications.