[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1625.4]

[Page 324-325]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
          CHAPTER XIV--EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
 
PART 1625_AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart A_Interpretations
 
Sec.  1625.4  Help wanted notices or advertisements.

    (a) When help wanted notices or advertisements contain terms and 
phrases such as age 25 to 35, young, college student, recent college 
graduate, boy, girl, or others of a similar nature, such

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a term or phrase deters the employment of older persons and is a 
violation of the Act, unless one of the exceptions applies. Such phrases 
as age 40 to 50, age over 65, retired person, or supplement your pension 
discriminate against others within the protected group and, therefore, 
are prohibited unless one of the exceptions applies.
    (b) The use of the phrase state age in help wanted notices or 
advertisements is not, in itself, a violation of the Act. But because 
the request that an applicant state his age may tend to deter older 
applicants or otherwise indicate discrimination based on age, employment 
notices or advertisements which include the phrase ``state age,'' or any 
similar term, will be closely scrutinized to assure that the request is 
for a lawful purpose.