Key Takeaways

  • To ensure equal treatment and equal opportunity in employment, the civil rights laws make clear that discrimination in the workplace “because of” a protected characteristic or activity is unlawful.

  • The Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA) restores fairness and well-established legal standards on workplace discrimination. 

  • In this group letter to Chairman Bobby Scott and Ranking Member Virginia Foxx, NCOA urges Committee Members to vote in support of H.R. 1230, or POWADA.

In June 2019, NCOA signed this group letter supporting H.R. 1230, the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA), sponsored by Chairman Bobby Scott and Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI).

POWADA is bipartisan, limited legislation to restore fairness and well-established legal standards on workplace discrimination that were undermined by certain court decisions.

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