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Age
Discrimination period
You are going to create a piece of legislation,
which would create public policy protecting individuals from age
discrimination. Feel free to reflect on
personal experiences when writing this piece of legislation.
Your policy should include:
A. Title
of your bill
B.
Purpose Statement (explain why there is a
need for this legislation in 3-4 sentences, starting with “Whereas”)
C.
At least 5 ways in which individuals would
be protected from age discrimination in various situations. This section should start with “Be it hereby
enacted . . .”
As an example,
here is an anti-discrimination act that protects people who wear ugly clothes:
The People With No Fashion Sense
Protection Act
Whereas some people can’t help the fact that they have no fashion
sense.
Whereas the fact that someone wears ugly clothes does not cause them
to do a poor job.
Whereas the fact that someone wears ugly clothes might actually mean
that they will do a better job, be better tenants, and be more valuable people,
because they are not worrying about how they look.
Whereas people with no fashion sense are people too, even though they
look weird.
Be it hereby enacted that people with no
fashion sense (hereafter known as PWNFS) will be protected from discrimination
in the following ways:
1. Employers may not refuse to hire PWNFS because of their
disability. Employers may also not fire
PWNFS because of their disability.
2. Landlords may not refuse to rent to, and homeowners may not
refuse to sell to PWNFS because of their disability.
3. Bus drivers, train conductors, airplane employees, and
anyone else who works for any public transportation industry may not refuse to
sell a ticket to or assist PWNFS.
4. Employees and managers of retail stores or in restaurants may
not pay extra attention to or ignore PWNFS unless the PWNFS ask for such
treatment.
5. People violating the People With No Fashion Sense Protection
Act will be found guilty of a misdemeanor and punished with a fine of $1,000
and a period of no more than 6 months and no less than 30 days in jail.