Second Careers Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Second Careers Act - Title I: Findings and Purposes - Expresses the findings of Congress and states the purposes of this Act, including to establish a second careers program to in part redress the pattern of discrimination against workers over 40 and afford them a suitable employment program. Title II: Second Careers Programs - Directs the Secretary of Labor to administer this Act. Requires any program carried out under this Act to include the following: (1) analysis of the local labor force by comparative age factors; (2) activities to familiarize employers in the area with the availability of the workers in the program, and to obtain commitments from on-job-training and work experience sponsors and other employers in the area, to hire second career participants; (3) the formulation of a second career strategy plan by the Secretary of Labor which will include the steps planners intend to take to solve the problems of workers over 40 in the area; (4) the assessment of the skills and experience of a participant in order to formulate realistic career objectives which will enable a participant to compete successfully in the job market; (5) second career counseling; (6) the establishme…