Alan Ormsby: Utah should step up to protect older workers

Just this month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA), a huge step forward toward protecting older workers within their current jobs and when seeking employment. The bipartisan bill would restore older workers’ rights under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), which covers workers age 40 and over.This monumental vote was a decade in the making, and sends a clear message that it is time to start treating age di