Workplace Discrimination

A formal, written, signed statement filed by an individual who alleges a discriminatory employment action based on race, skin color, religion, sex [including pregnancy], national origin, age [age 40 and older], disability and/or genetic information.

• Charge of Discrimination

• Harassment

• Protected Basis

• Stereotype

The federal law that prohibits discrimination and harassment in employment against a person who is age 40 or older because of older age. The law also prohibits retaliation

• Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)

• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

• Equal Pay Act (EPA)

• Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)

Discrimination that occurs frequently

• Pervasive

• EEOC

• Youth @ Work Initiative

• Zero Tolerance Policies

A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity, such as hearing, seeing, speaking, walking, etc. An impairment that substantially limits a major bodily function, such as the immune system, respiratory, circulatory, endocrine, cardiovascular, etc

• Stereotype

• Disability

• Severe

• Retaliation

Treating a person who is forty or older differently, or less favorably, because of older age.

• Equal Pay Act (EPA)

• Age Discrimination

• Disability Discrimination

• Protected Basis

Treating a person differently because the person, or a friend, parent, or someone else the person associates with, has a disability, has a history of once having a disability, or is considered to have a disability.

• Religious Discrimination

• Disability Discrimination

• Age Discrimination

• Genetic Information

The federal law that prohibits discrimination and harassment in employment against persons with disabilities, and requires employers to provide “reasonable accommodations” to persons with disabilities, so long as the accommodation imposes no “undue hardship” on the employer. The law also prohibits retaliation.

• Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)

• Equal Pay Act (EPA)

• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

• Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)

Federal agency that enforces the laws against job discrimination and harassment.

• EEOC

• EOCE

• COEE

• EECO

The federal law that makes it illegal to pay different wages to women and men if they perform substantially equal work in the same workplace. The law also prohibits retaliation.

• Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)

• Equal Pay Act (EPA)

• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

• The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehab Act)

Treating a person differently, or less favorably, based on his or her skin pigmentation (lightness or darkness of the skin), complexion, shade, or tone.

• Race Discrimination

• Color Discrimination

• National Origin Discrimination

• Sex Discrimination