Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967

Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Long title	An act to prohibit age discrimination in employment.
Acronyms (colloquial)	ADEA
Enacted by	the 90th United States Congress
Effective	June 12, 1968
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 90–202
Statutes at Large	81 Stat. 602
Codification
U.S.C. sections created	29 U.S.C. §§ 621–634
Legislative history
	Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on December 15, 1967;
Major amendments
	Age Discrimination in Employment Act Amendments of 1978, Pub. L. 95–256; Age Discrimination in Employment Act Amendments of 1986, Pub. L. 99–592; Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, Pub. L. 101–433; Civil Rights Act of 1991, Pub. L. 102–166;
United States Supreme Court cases
	United Air Lines, Inc. v. McMann, 434 U.S. 192 (1977); Lorillard v. Pons, 434 U.S. 575 (1978); Oscar Mayer & Co. v. Evans, 441 U.S. 750 (1979); Lehman v. Nakshian, 453 U.S. 156 (1981); EEOC v. Wyoming, 460 U.S. 226 (1983); Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston, 469 U.S. 111 (1985); Johnson v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, 472 U.S. 353 (1985); Western Air Lines, Inc. v. Criswell, 472 U.S. 400 (1985); Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio v. Betts, 492 U.S. 158 (1989); Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. v. Sperling, 493 U.S. 165 (1989); Stevens v. Department of Treasury, 500 U.S. 1 (1991); Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp., 500 U.S. 20 (1991); Astoria Fed. Sav. & Loan Assn. v. Solimino, 501 U.S. 104 (1991); Gregory v. Ashcroft, 501 U.S. 452 (1991); Hazen Paper Co. v. Biggins, 507 U.S. 604 (1993); McKennon v. Nashville Banner Publishing Co., 513 U.S. 352 (1995); O'Connor v. Consolidated Coin Caterers Corp., 517 U.S. 308 (1996); Lockheed Corp. v. Spink, 517 U.S. 882 (1996); Oubre v. Entergy Operations, Inc., 522 U.S. 422 (1998); Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents, 528 U.S. 62 (2000); Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc., 530 U.S. 133 (2000); Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N.A., 534 U.S. 506 (2002); General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. v. Cline, 540 U.S. 581 (2004); Smith v. City of Jackson, 544 U.S. 228 (2005); Federal Exp. Corp. v. Holowecki, 552 U.S. 389 (2008); Gomez-Perez v. Potter, 553 U.S. 474 (2008); Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, 554 U.S. 84 (2008); Kentucky Retirement Systems v. EEOC, 554 U.S. 135 (2008); 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett, 556 U.S. 247 (2009); Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc., 557 U.S. 167 (2009); Mount Lemmon Fire Dist. v. Guido, No. 17-587, 586 U.S. ___ (2018); Babb v. Wilkie, No. 18-882, 589 U.S. ___ (2020); Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, No. 19-267, 591 U.S. ___ (2020);

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA; 29 U.S.C. § 621 to 29 U.S.C. § 634) is a United States labor law that forbids employment discrimination against anyone, at least 40 years of age, in the United States (see 29 U.S.C. § 631). In 1967, the bill was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The ADEA prevents age discrimination and provides equal employment opportunity under the conditions that were not explicitly covered in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The act also applies to the standards for pensions and benefits provided by employers, and requires that information concerning the needs of older workers be provided to the general public.