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Epic Interactive Encyclopedia, The - 1998 Edition (1998)(Epic Marketing).iso
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Discrimination against older people in
employment, pensions, housing, and health
care. To combat it the American Association
of Retired Persons (AARP) has 30 million
members, and in 1988 a similar organization
was founded in the UK. In the USA the
association has been responsible for
legislation forbidding employers to
discriminate; for example, making it illegal
to fail to employ, to dismiss, or to reduce
working conditions or wages of people aged
40-69.