Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Age in Programs and Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance From the Department of Labor

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This proposed rule sets out the Department of Labor (DOL) rules for implementing the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended (the Act). The Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of age in programs and activities receiving Federal financial assistance. The Act, which applies to persons of all ages, permits the use of certain age distinctions and factors other than age that meet the Act's requirements. Under the Act and the general, government-wide regulations (codified at 45 CFR part 90), all agencies that extend Federal financial assistance are required to issue agency-specific regulations implementing the Act. Programs and activities that receive Federal financial assistance under the Job Training Partnership Act, as amended (JTPA), are already expressly subject to the Act through the JTPA statutory language and the DOL regulations implementing JTPA that are published at 29 CFR part 34. Other DOL recipients have been subject to the Act and government-wide regulations since their effective date in 1979. Accordingly, today's proposed rule does not substantially change DOL recipients' existing duty to refrain from discrimination on the basis of age. This proposal would fulfill