When asked why more companies did not offer similar programs, she said many employers still held low opinions of older workers.

For a second Abel wondered if his new employer would hold firm.

An employer can hold out longer, because typically he will have greater financial reserves.

Most employers will hold open your job if you're having treatment for cancer, but it may depend on your particular contract of employment.

We need to speak up, hold employers accountable and demand fairness.

It is a prejudice that some employers still hold, no doubt.

Would your employers hold you to it if you could ask them?

But almost all employers held onto their insurance, by shifting more costs to workers.

Many employers are holding onto older staff members until the economy strengthens and they hire again, among younger people.

No future potential employer could hold such a decision against you.