{"id":667,"date":"2017-10-10T05:10:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T05:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/elizabethtatelaw\/?p=667"},"modified":"2019-08-06T05:11:31","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T05:11:31","slug":"employment-discrimination-did-this-happen-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elizabethtatelaw.com\/employment-discrimination-did-this-happen-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Employment discrimination: Did this happen to you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Employment discrimination can happen to anyone, regardless of your sexual orientation, race, gender or creed.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re black, white, latino or another race, it doesn&#8217;t matter. You&#8217;re still protected by federal and state anti-discrimination laws.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7 examples of workplace discrimination<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because everyone is vulnerable to being unfairly treated on the job, it&#8217;s important that everyone be aware of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebalance.com\/types-of-employment-discrimination-with-examples-2060914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the most common forms of discrimination<\/a> &#8212; so they can assert their rights and stop the discrimination in its tracks.<\/p>\n<p>Did something like this happen to you?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A job advertisement says that the hirer prefers certain candidates based on protected categories such as race, gender, religion or creed.<\/li>\n<li>During the recruitment process, specific employees are weeded out and denied an opportunity for employment based on national origin or other superficial reasons.<\/li>\n<li>The denial of specific benefits and compensation to employees because of their gender.<\/li>\n<li>When employees who have equal qualifications receive different levels of salary for no apparent reason, it&#8217;s important to investigate whether discrimination was involved.<\/li>\n<li>Some employees can easily obtain the disability or maternity leave they ask for, but other employees have a difficult time obtaining such benefits.<\/li>\n<li>Some employees can use different facilities &#8212; perhaps a nicer bathroom, an employee fitness room, or a specific lunch or break room &#8212; and other employees cannot have access to these facilities.<\/li>\n<li class=\"last-child\">Employees are getting fired due to lack of work or lack of business, and the ones the employer chooses to lay-off are from a specific race or gender.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Make your workplace discrimination stop right now<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re experiencing on-the-job discrimination, be sure to make a note of every example of discrimination as it occurs with the time, date and description. Also, save any documentation that offers proof of the events that occurred.<\/p>\n<p>The law will definitely be on your side if you&#8217;re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elizabethtatelaw.com\/civil-rights-law\/\">being discriminated against<\/a>. However, you will still need to prove your case. The evidence you gather, may, therefore, prove crucial during the litigation of your discrimination lawsuit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Employment discrimination can happen to anyone, regardless of your sexual orientation, race, gender or creed. Whether you&#8217;re black, white, latino or another race, it doesn&#8217;t matter. 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