Presently many companies are firing long term older workers. They are not eliminating the job positions, just clearing out experienced, older workers with higher salaries. Then they replace them with cheaper, younger, less experienced and/or foreign workers here or abroad. Oftentimes DEI is utilized in the new employee selection and lessor qualified people are placed in the job position.
Reform the labor laws so that any US held job position may not be shipped overseas for a period of at least 6 months and proof of failure to find any willing and able US workers is provided.
Any firing of a worker without cause, over the age of 50 with at least 10 years of tenure requires an automatic review by the Labor Department.
Any replacement of a worker over 50, with at least 10 years of tenure by a younger employee or one with a lower salary or a foreign worker also triggers an automatic review by the Labor Department.
If the employer is found to have engaged in elder targeting, then the employer will be required to pay the fired employee a sum equal to 3 years of the average of his three highest years of salary.
If an employer fires an older worker with at least 10 years of tenure without cause before offering a reduction in salary, and subsequently refills the position with a lessor salary then the employer must pay the employee the sum of the average highest three years of salary for a period of three years.