Incidents of age discrimination spike during recessions

Age discrimination can increase during recessions as employers look to cut costs and replace experienced workers with younger talent that will work for less, writes Jack Kelly, CEO of WeCruitr, citing research from MarketWatch. One version of this practice, called "juniorization," calls for "downgrading a position, so that a well-experienced person is now deemed to have too much firepower for the job," Kelly writes.

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