American employers have traditionally relied on age as the criterion for mandatory retirement. Yet advances in medicine indicate the inadequacy of age as a measure of job competence and suggest the potential for a more reliable measure. With current social and economic conditions pressing many employees to seek to work beyond mandatory retirement ages set by their employers, transition to more reliable measures has become a vital matter.This Note explores the potential for implementing medically-based alternatives to the age proxy. It initially addresses problems of medical feasibility and economic practicality, and considers how the divergent interests of employees and employers can be accomodated. The balance of the Note examines the present roles of Congress, agencies, and courts in facilitating age-blind mandatory retirement policy. It suggests the need for reform of the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act and recommends a more effective distribution of roles among governmental institutions.

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退休年龄歧视：寻找替代方案

美国雇主历来以年龄作为强制退休的标准。然而，医学的进步表明年龄作为衡量工作能力的标准不足，并暗示了一种更可靠的衡量标准的潜力。由于当前的社会和经济条件迫使许多员工寻求在其雇主设定的强制退休年龄之外工作，过渡到更可靠的措施已成为一个至关重要的问题。本说明探讨了实施基于医学的替代年龄代理的潜力。它最初解决了医疗可行性和经济实用性的问题，并考虑了如何适应雇员和雇主的不同利益。该说明的其余部分考察了国会、机构和法院在促进盲人强制退休政策方面目前的作用。