What Is Race Discrimination?

Learn about race discrimination in the workplace.

Language and Accent Discrimination in the Workplace

English-only rules and job decisions based on an employee's accent may not be legal.

Fighting Sexual Harassment

Learn how to protect yourself from sexual harassment at the workplace.

Sex Discrimination in the Workplace

Employees have the right to work free from gender-based discrimination.

Getting Hired With a Disability

Learn how the ADA protects job applicants with disabilities against discrimination during the hiring process.

Your Right to a Reasonable Accommodation Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

The ADA gives employees with disabilities the right to reasonable accommodations that will allow them to do their jobs.

Your Rights Against Religious Discrimination

Employers may not discriminate based on religion -- and must accommodate employees' expressions of religious beliefs.

Your Rights Against Age Discrimination

The ADEA and other state and federal laws prohibit age discrimination at the workplace.

Sexual Orientation Discrimination: Your Rights

Many state and local laws protect gay and lesbian workers from discrimination in the workplace.

Workplace Retaliation: What Are Your Rights?

Learn about workplace retaliation -- and what to do if it happens to you.

Suing for Harassment or Discrimination

Before you can file a harassment or discrimination lawsuit against your employer, you have to bring your complaint to a state or federal agency.

Workplace Retaliation: When You Should Talk to a Lawyer

If an employer punishes you for reporting discrimination or other wrong-doing in the workplace, the employer may be retaliating against you. Ask an employment lawyer if you have a retaliation case.

Genetic Information and Workplace Discrimination

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) and your rights.

Can I be fired because I'm overweight?

Our new policy is that all employees must be within “normal” limits when it comes to body mass index (BMI).

Can my employer ever ask me for a DNA sample?

Can they do this? Isn't it an invasion of privacy?