Foods,
clothes and shelter : these are the basic needs in our life. Work is one way to
sustain all of this. We need to work in order to live. But only a few people had
an opportunity to get a job. Sad to say, some jobs are not stable and the most common problem in this
situation, is that, their age or simply the age discrimination at work.
An
interview with a 41 years old woman who had 10 years working experienced as a secretary on
a private company agreed that there is an age discrimination happening on their company but it is difficult to prove. According to her, there are companies , particularly, private companies had an age bracket wherein they only accept 40 years old below.
In addition, they usually hire freshly graduates even though they are not yet professionals... meaning to say, even an employee is a well mannered and train if he didn't reach a good educational attainment he will not be hired in the company. Because this age are capable
and fit to work in their assigned jobs. And aside of this, she said that
private companies don’t want to give insurance and retirement benefits from
employers that above from 40 years old to lessen the cause of production. So it
is a proof that age discrimination at work really exist.
This
interview support the definition of age discrimination. Based on what I
research, age discrimination is an employment issue that involves subjecting an
employee who is 40 years old of age or older to discriminatory actions in any
aspects of his or her employment, from hiring to termination. It also involves
treating someone (an applicant or an employee), less favorably because of his
age. Age Discrimination happen in a private companies wherein they hire first
the adults that have a young age because employers think that it is capable at
doing work.
I
conducted again an interview with a fresh graduate student who has a job in a
private company. He told to me that this matter exist. And you can be bullied
or harass in your work. “Bullying is not only happening in school, it also
happen in jobs or work.” He said. How? He told to me that if I’m new in the
company and you doesn’t know anything, your employer had an opportunity to use
your quality of work and also they can manipulate, bullied, and harass you. In
what ways? He told to me an example. An employer always ordered an employee to
do these, those, that. But its not the job of the employee. But because he was
only new in the company he must need to follow and do what his employer ordered
to him. So we can see that there are
harassing, abusing bullying, and discriminating happen in some other
companies.
In
the sides of the employers, they were favored in age discrimination because as
we can see if they use that process, their quality of production increases. And
the employer was not forced to give high salary in the employee. They uses it a
reason to not give high salary. And not only that, like I was stated a while
ago, these employers don’t need to give some insurance in their employee
because almost of their employee is young adults. And also I want to say that
eventhough it was totally happening it is hard to prove that it really happens.
There
are laws that protect people in work. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act
(ADEA) only forbids age discrimination against people who are 40 years or
older. It does not protect workers under the age 40, although some
states/country do have laws that protect younger workers from age discrimination.
Based on my research this Act is only exist on other country, and also this age
discrimination is mostly happened in Los Angeles, California. In Philippines we
have laws like Labor code that I will farther discuss later.
Age
Discrimination is not only happen in a private company but its also happen in a
government company. Yes even though the employees in the government company were
protected by the labor code wherein 60 years old had a retirement benefits but
the chance to have a quality position cannot offered to them because of their
age.
Therefore
Age Discrimination not also refers in discrimination on numerical age but also
in young at experience and young physically. And it was existing either in
private or government company. Everyone are aware of it but had a courage to
oppose it. So in this case, we can say why are so many people because of this
reason and they make people jobless and
if there are people were jobless, a homeless people, there will be uneducated
people , and hopeless people. And in the end worse society comes and it can
cause crimes and chaos and there was peace were not exist.
Should we expect something from the government of people? History says Government can’t change the world, all of this. The question is: Is there be a hope? Yes. Because God promise:
“And he
will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor
pain be anymore. THE FORMER THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY.”
“And the One seated on the throne said: “Look! I AM MAKING ALL THINGS
NEW.” Also he says: “WRITE, FOR THESE WORDS
ARE FAITHFUL AND TRUE.”
( Revelation 21: 4, 5 )
This is
the reason why Jesus prayed: “Let your
Kingdom come” ( Matthew 6:10 )
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