Older workers are sometimes laid off because they have racked up annual pay-rises for decades, their health coverage is expensive and their employers cannot therefore afford to keep them.

• 年老的劳动者有时被解雇，因为他们的工资每年提升且已经积累多年，他们的健康保险项目十分昂贵；他们的雇主无法承担这些。