Workplace discrimination and harassment are serious issues that can affect your job performance and overall well-being. These unfair practices can take many forms, from racial or disability discrimination to harassment based on gender or sexual orientation.
Fortunately, both state and federal laws protect employees from such treatment, but the specifics of those protections can vary depending on where you live.
It's important to understand the rules in your state and how to take action if you're facing discrimination or harassment. Find your state below for more information on how to protect yourself.
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It's important to understand the rules in your state and how to take action if you're facing discrimination or harassment. Find your state below for more information on how to protect yourself.
Our new policy is that all employees must be within “normal” limits when it comes to body mass index (BMI).
Managers are legally bound to keep genetic information confidential.
Learn about race discrimination in the workplace.
English-only rules and job decisions based on an employee's accent may not be legal.
Harassment is illegal if it is severe or pervasive enough to alter the victim's working conditions.
Learn how to assert your right to work free of discrimination and harassment.
Learn how to protect yourself from sexual harassment at the workplace.
Sexual harassment takes many forms in today's workplace.
The Equal Pay Act requires equal pay for equal work.
Learn about your right to time off or other assistance during your pregnancy.
Find out whether a lawyer would be interested in taking your sexual harassment case.
The ADA gives employees with disabilities the right to reasonable accommodations that will allow them to do their jobs.
Find out about reasonable accommodations for anxiety disorders.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects employees from discrimination based on a disability.
Many California employers need to allow service dogs and emotional support animals in the workplace unless it would create an undue hardship.
Under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), applicants and employees with disabilities are protected from discrimination in the workplace. The ADA also requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation: changes to the structure, policies, rules, or other facets of the workplace that
Employers may not discriminate based on religion and must reasonably accommodate an employee's religious beliefs.
The ADEA and other state and federal laws prohibit age discrimination at the workplace.
A recent Supreme Court decision prohibits sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace.
Learn about your rights against transgender discrimination in the workplace.
This amendment to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) prohibits discrimination in benefits -- and protects employees who waive their right to sue.
Learn about workplace retaliation -- and what to do if it happens to you.
Before you can file a harassment or discrimination lawsuit against your employer, you have to bring your complaint to a state or federal agency.
Find out how a lawyer will evaluate your potential employment discrimination case.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission enforces federal laws prohibiting workplace discrimination.
Learn how you may be compensated if you win a retaliation case against your employer.
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