The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has published its final rule explaining that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act does not prohibit employers from favoring relatively older individuals. The final rule is to conform with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in General Dynamics Land System, Inc. v. Cline which held that the ADEA only prohibits discrimination based on relatively older age, not discrimination based on age generally. (Hawaii employers are advised that state law prohibiting age discrimination includes younger workers.)