Age Discrimination in Employment Act Resources

U.S. Department of Labor

The Employment and Training Administration at DOL has a web page called Public Laws & Regulations that provides the text of the Age Discrimination Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (P.L. 90-202), the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. Sections 6101-6107) and the Older Americans Act of 1965, Title V (OAA), as amended by Public Law 106-501.

There is also a "Find It! By Topic" page on Age Discrimination that includes the laws (29 USC Section 621 and 29 USC Section 6101) and the regulations (29 CFR Part 37, 29 CFR Part 1625 and 29 CFR Part 1626).

Information from the Civil Rights Center provides information about the statutes and regulations enforced by CRC as well as information regarding CRC's mission, functions and compliance assistance.

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

EEOC, who enforces ADEA, provides the text of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, as it appears in Title 29 of the United States Code. Amendments from the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (P. L. 101-433) and the Civil Rights Act of 1991 (P.L. 102-166) appear in boldface.

EEOC also has an Age Discrimination page with information about ADEA protections as well as the following:

• Regulations -- 29 CFR Part 1625 (Age Discrimination in Employment Act), Part 1626 (Procedures) & Part 1627 (Records to be Made or Kept Relating to Age…)
• Policy Documents -- Compliance Manual Section 10: Compensation Discrimination and Compliance Manual Section 3: Employee Benefits
• ADEA Statistics on the number of charge receipts filed and resolved under ADEA
• Filing a Charge of Employment Discrimination provides information on the who, what, where, when and how of filing