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Frequently Asked Questions
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Employment Discrimination laws seek to prevent discrimination based on race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, physical disability, and age by employers.It also contains an implicit guarantee that each person receive equal protection of the laws.
Some examples of discrimination in the workplace include when an employer, supervisor, or co-worker treats another employee unfairly based on religion, age, ethnicity, gender, disability, skin color, or race. This goes beyond workplace behavior to also encompass hiring and firing practices.
There can be a fine line between workplace teasing and conduct that creates a hostile work environment. A hostile work environment may exist when harassment is so frequent or severe that it creates a work environment that is objectively intimidating and offensive to reasonable people, and is subjectively intimidating and offensive to those impacted by it. A “hostile work environment” is created when the environment becomes hostile to members of a protected class. A mean, unfair boss has done nothing illegal if she is equally mean to all types of people.
Law prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals because of their religion in hiring, firing, and other terms and condition of employment. The Act also requires employers to reasonably accommodate the religious practices of an employee or prospective employee, unless doing so would create an undue hardship on the employer.
Sex discrimination occurs when men and women who are similarly situated are treated differently based on gender. It takes place when deliberate, repeated, or unsolicited verbal comments, gestures, or physical contacts of a sexual nature are unwelcome. Sex discrimination also occurs when an organization’s policy has a disproportionate adverse impact on a person or group based on gender.