Are You a Victim of Workplace Discrimination?

Even though there are federal laws which prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability and other characteristics, bias and pay inequities in the workplace remain a persistent problem.

In fact, last year, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received a total of 75,768 discrimination charges against private sector employers. The most frequent charges were race (27,238), followed by sex (23,247) and retaliation against reporting discrimination (22,555).

In addition, there are new forms of discrimination that are beginning to emerge in the workplace for which there are no federal laws to protect against. And individual state laws can vary widely.