Age discrimination
Studies consistently demonstrate that older employees are perceived as being relatively inflexible, resistant to change and less trainable than their younger counterparts – particularly with respect to information technology. These perceptions are wrong.
Older workers, typically aged 50 and over, want to learn and are just as capable of learning as any other employee group. Once trained, older workers are able to perform at comparable levels to younger workers.
Evidence indicates there are differences between people based on individual factors such as ability, motivation, and personality.
These traits do influence learning and training outcomes. Age however, hasn’t been found to influence these outcomes.