Employment discrimination can have a significant impact on victims, both emotionally and financially, and can even arise during the interview process even before an employer-employee relationship has been formed. In many cases, people who are the victims of discrimination are made so uncomfortable or upset by the situation that they end up voluntarily leaving their jobs, often making them ineligible for unemployment benefits even though they were given virtually no option but to leave.
Many types of workplace discrimination are prohibited by state and federal law, however, giving victims of discrimination the right to take legal action against their employers. In order to be actionable, the discrimination must be motivated by bias based on certain factors, which include the following:
