ARLINGTON, Va. — Colleen Delsack is a 47-year-old single mother who can’t seem to find a steady job, and she worries that her age may have something to do with it.
So she joined dozens of other unemployed workers Friday to take advantage of free Botox wrinkle injections offered by a Virginia clinic.
“Age is a handicap,” said Delsack, whose home has gone into foreclosure in the 18 months since she lost her job as an account executive with a printing and document- management company.
“There’s so much competition,” she said while waiting to receive about a half-dozen small injections to ease fine lines around her eyes and on her forehead.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says it received 24,582 complaints of age discrimination in the 12-month period ending in September. That’s a 29 percent increase from the previous year. The Associated Press
