Employee Rights

An Employee has the Right to:

• Not be subjected to harassment or discrimination based on their age, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, race, creed, color, marital status, physical or mental disability, national origin and/or genetic information.
• Receive reasonable accommodations due to a disability or religious beliefs.
• Report discrimination and/or harassment, participate in a discrimination/harassment investigation, oppose discrimination and/or harassment, and request a reasonable accommodation without being retaliated against for doing so.

Visit the Retaliation page to for more information regarding retaliation in the workplace.  

What Does Discrimination Look Like?

Being treated differently than those outside of the employee’s protected class. 

For example:

• Female employees are disciplined in accordance with the employer’s attendance policy, yet male employees do not receive discipline for the same offenses. 
• Older, qualified employees are routinely denied promotions while younger, less qualified employees are frequently promoted.
• Hispanic employees are denied overtime hours while Caucasian employees are routinely approved.
• Disabled employees not being invited to participate in staff meetings despite their non-disabled peers being in attendance.
• A male employee receiving a lesser salary than his female counterpart, when both have similar education, experience, qualifications and seniority. 
• Younger employees with satisfactory performance receiving smaller and/or less frequent raises than older employees.
• An employee who participated in a harassment investigation as a witness being demoted shortly thereafter.