The Myth Of The Overqualified Worker Summary

In the article by Andrew O’Connell “ The Myth of the Overqualified Worker” it points out the reasons as to why companies feel as though they should not hire people that are overqualified. Some reasons were, attitudes, quitting, and discontent. Based on the U.S federal court ruling declining to hire overqualified workers is legal. Based on the studies conducted in O’Connell’s article it shows that “overqualified workers tend to perform better than other employees and they don’t quit any sooner”. This article does prove companies are discriminating against the working class people that go to pursue their bachelor's, master's, doctorate degree. Even people with these qualifications still get laid off when the economy is on a down turn. The fact

Children can experience discrimination based off of the weight and height and continues to their adulthood. There is no Federal Law that broadly prohibits employers from discriminating based on weight, but six states have made it illegal to fire or hire someone based on their weight. Overweight discrimination is continually to increase over the years to about 33.8% according to cdc.gov. In the workplace it is said that overweight men get paid 3% less than his non obese employer and overweight women get paid 6% less than their non obese employer. Companies are firing their employers because they feel that they will be lazy and not able to complete certain physical tasks. Companies are also less willing to hire someone that is obese because companies offer health benefits so the health insurance will be higher than someone that is not

The result of the case was the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a claim for age discrimination based on youth was actionable under the state’s anti-discrimination law. Meaning that the case did not meet the requirements of the federal law or met the requirements of the discrimination law that is in place but based on people between the ages of 45 - 64. It has been said that the age range of 18 - 24 should create a law based on them being discriminated call the reverse