âUnemployment for workers 55 and older rose from a pre-recession low of 3.0 percent (November 2007) to reach 7.3 percent in August 2010, making the past 22 months one of the longest spells of high unemployment workers in this age group have experienced in 60 years.â Source
âAt a meeting held Wednesday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission heard testimony that age discrimination is causing the nationâs older workers to have a difficult time maintaining and finding new employment, a problem exacerbated by the downturn in the economy. The number and percentage of age discrimination charges filed with the EEOC have grown, rising from 16,548 charges â 21.8 percent of all charges â filed in fiscal year 2006, to 22,778 â24.4 percent â in fiscal year 2009.â
â The Commission heard testimony from a number of experts on the impact of the economic crisis on older workers, the legal issues surrounding age discrimination today, and best practices to retain older workers.â
Materials from the Commission meeting, including biographies and statements of the panelists, with links to information about age discrimination can be found on the EEOCâs website.  A transcript of the meeting will be posted there at a later date.
Statistics – Age Discrimination suits filed.
More information about age discrimination here.
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Considering that the over-55 rate of 7.3% unemployment is a full 2.3% lower than the national rate of 9.6%, I think it's clear that older workers are doing far better than their younger counterparts.
Once ObamaCare hits full stride this problem will disappear entirely.
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