A manufacturing company wants 55-year-old Nina to retire from her job, but she refuses. In response, the company changes her job so that instead of having to stack 80 twenty-pound packages an hour she now has to stack 20 eighty-pound packages. What is this case most likely an example of?

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This is an example of age discrimination because the company wants Nina to leave her job because of her age. It is illegal to discriminate against employees based on their age. Changing her job duties in a way that is more challenging than her previous duties is a form of age discrimination.

A Manufacturing Company Wants 55-Year-Old Nina to Retire from Her