Employers beware: The baby boom generation is about to transform the way you think about older workers.

Instead of looking for ways to ease them out the door to make way for younger, cheaper and potentially more energetic employees, you'll be scrambling to find ways to keep them. At the same time your litigation risks may soar as boomers demand the equal treatment that state and federal age and disability discrimination statutes promise.

Employers beware: The baby boom generation is about to transform the way you think about older workers.

Instead of looking for ways to ease them out the door to make way for younger, cheaper and potentially more energetic employees, you'll be scrambling to find ways to keep them. At the same time your litigation risks may soar as boomers demand the equal treatment that state and federal age and disability discrimination statutes promise.