Google to face age discrimination lawsuit in court — agediscrimination.info

Will age discrimination play a more prominent role in the future workplace? It may, depending on the outcome of a lawsuit against Google that will now go to trial. 

According to a Wall Street Journal report, the California Supreme Court has ruled that an age discrimination lawsuit filed against the search giant should proceed to trial. It is believed that the outcome of this trial could change the way age is perceived in the workplace, treated much like sexual harassment where passing remarks are given full discriminatory weight.