You may file a complaint using either the Client Discrimination Complaint (J-020) form or you may write or type your own statement. The Older Worker Benefit Protection Act allows employees to sign away their right to file a claim of age discrimination.If you are a victim of age discrimination or age harassment, you have 180 days to file a complaint with the EEOC. Employment Discrimination. A Charge of Discrimination can be completed through our EEOC Public Portal after you submit an online inquiry and we interview you. Some state laws protect younger workers from age discrimination but Arizona does not currently have any such laws. You have 180 days to file an age discrimination complaint with the EEOC or Arizona CRD. Seeking civil action. One major difference in Arizona's age discrimination law to the ADEA is in the reach of the law. The Age Discrimination Act of 1975 prohibits discrimination on the basis of age in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance.