# Professor Michael North offers thoughts on the prevalence of ageist generalizations in the workplace

1 Faculty News November 14, 2019 ![Thrive Global logo 192 x 144](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/thrive192x144.jpg?itok=VM17HX75)>

Excerpt from [Thrive Global](https://thriveglobal.com/stories/why-ok-boomer-is-not-ok-at-work/) -- "'It’s worth noting that the law, through ADEA, only offers legal protection for people age 40 or older, “which opens up a separate line of inquiry as to why stereotyping the young as ‘lazy millennials’ is considered acceptable,' [Michael North, Ph.D.](http://stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/michael-north), assistant professor of management and organizations at the N.Y.U. Stern School of Business, tells Thrive."

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