Kate and Ashley report their manager to HR because they feel that they were denied a promotion because of their age. They are both 29 and William was promoted and he is 45. They are claiming age discrimination. HR informs them that the law does not apply to them based solely on their age, because it does not .

Protect younger workers.

Explanation:

Kate and Ashely were not promoted according to the Hr because the law does

does not apply to them based solely on their age and because it does not protect younger workers meaning that William's was promoted due to his age which is 45 years old and again he was older than Kate and Ashely.

The law only protect old workers and only them can be promoted so before Kate and Ashely can be promoted they have to be of the same age with William's which will also make the law to protect them.

its kind of blury sorry

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