Age Discrimination in Employment Act
You are barely forty and you still feel like thirty something. You then come to find out that you are protected under an age discrimination law. Yes, that is correct, when you turn forty certain employment rights are protected under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). "In the face of rising productivity and affluence, older workers find themselves disadvantaged in their efforts to retain employment, and especially to regain employment when displaced from jobs".
Read more at the following federal government website: http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/adea.cfm.