Affirmative action for people over 50

The protected categories for federal contractors include sex, race, veterans & Hispanic surname. Statistics show that people over 50 are spending more than twice as long between jobs as the youngest members of the job pool, with the amount of time between jobs going up steadily with age. There is an assumption that older people or more experienced people are more expensive, but this is not necessarily true. Older job applicants need protection. If being over 50 were added to the protected classes for federal contractors, this would be a first step.

Discrimination against older people is routine. Many jobs advertise a maximum amount of experience that they will accept in applicants, like 3-5 years. Job advice websites regularly advise job seekers who are older to change the format of their resumes to hide their age. People are encouraged to die their hair to hide grey. These things are outrageous and blatant.

Please add the category of over 50 to those that federal contractors are required to screen for in hiring.