Age Discrimination in Employment Act

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Pub. L. No. 90-202, codified at 29 U.S.C. § 621 through 29 U.S.C. § 634 (ADEA), forbids employment discrimination against anyone at least 40 years of age in the United States (see 29 U.S.C. § 631(a)). The bill was signed into law in 1967 by President Lyndon B. Johnson.