Employment Discrimination
What is discrimination in a nutshell?
The law says that it is unlawful for an employer to discriminate
against any individual with respect to the terms, conditions, or
privileges of employment because of such individual's race, age,
disability, religion, sex (including pregnancy and sexual harassment),
or national origin.
That means that you can not be treated differently because of your
race, age, disability, religion, sex, or national origin as to the
following non-exhaustive list: your pay, your promotion
opportunities, your employment status, your treatment, etc.
Do you believe you were fired because of your race, age, disability, religion, sex, or national origin?
Do you believe you were not promoted because of your race, age, disability, religion, sex, or national origin?
Do you believe you have been paid lower wages and/or benefits from
similarly-situated workers not of your same race, age, disability,
religion, sex, or national origin?
Do you believe your employer treats you less favorable than others
because of your race, age, disability, religion, sex, or national
origin?
Do you think you are being denied the same training opportunities, the
same work-related information, the same courtesies, the same desirable
job assignments, etc.?
Are you (or others) referred to as or subjected to discriminatory
comments such as “you people,” “your kind,” “dinosaurs,” “old
man,” “honey,” “Barbie,” or racially-offensive slurs, etc.?
Does your employer engage in stereotypes including but not limited to:
women can not perform certain jobs, there is certain work that only
minorities should be made to do, pregnant women are not worth the
effort because they take too much time off of work for
pregnancy/baby-related matters, minorities are lazy, older workers are
no longer productive, disabled workers are a hazard to the workforce,
etc.?
What is sexual harassment in a nutshell?
Sexual harassment comes in to play when a worker (man or
woman): (i) is subjected to conduct of a sexual nature or because
of sex; (ii) the conduct was unwelcome; or (iii) the conduct was
sufficiently severe or pervasive, so as to unreasonably interfere with
the employee’s work performance or create an intimidating, hostile or
offensive working environment.
Sexual harassment may include: sexual propositions, sexual
horseplay, kissing, fondling, touching, sexually-based “compliments,”
sexually-riddled comments and questions, and other sexually suggestive
comments or actions.
Does your employer require you to submit to unwelcome sexual conduct
(sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or
physical conduct of a sexual nature) in order to work for said company
or in order to receive certain work-related benefits?
Does your employer mistreat you because you rejected his or her sexual advances?
Does your employer/coworker question you about your intimate life?
Openly discuss his or her sexual relationships? Have scantily-clad
photographs of persons of the opposite sex prominently displayed at
work? Pat you on the bottom in passing? Constantly massage
your shoulders, play in your hair, or blow in your ear despite your
objection?
What is retaliation in a nutshell?
The law maintains that: It shall be an unlawful employment practice
for an employer to discriminate against any of his employees . . .
because [the employee] has made a charge, testified, assisted, or
participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing
[concerning discrimination].
Did your then-employer terminate you because you reported sexual harassment?
Were you a witness in a discrimination proceeding and thereafter your
employer refused to promote you because you are not a “team player?”
Did you inform an employee of his rights to lodge a claim of
discrimination against the company and now you have been targeted by
management?
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