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Focus area

Age Discrimination in Hiring Practices Standard

First analysis period

Model-generated

Job seekers aged 40 and older report widespread age barriers in both private and public sectors. Employers openly favor younger candidates and demand skills (e.g., advanced IT or languages) irrelevant to the roles, while state employment centers fail to offer viable retraining or job placements.

Affected groups

Unemployed citizens aged 40 to retirement age

Geography

Gyumri, Ijevan, and Yerevan

Actions for this focus area

  • Draft a policy proposal for MLSA to introduce stricter penalties and proactive audits for age discrimination in hiring. · Within 90 days

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