workplace discrimination
Unfair employment treatment
Workplace discrimination is unfair treatment of employees or job applicants based on characteristics like race, sex, age, disability, religion, or sexual orientation rather than job performance or qualifications.
It can be overt—refusing to hire or promote someone—or subtle, showing up in pay disparities, hostile environments, or biased policies: She filed a complaint alleging workplace discrimination after being passed over for promotion three times.
- glass ceilingUnacknowledged limit blocking advancement
- old boys clubInformal male power network
- harassmentAggressive, unwanted targeting
- hostile work environmentLegally actionable workplace harassment
- protected classCategory with anti-discrimination shields
gender · retaliation · stereotyping · unequal treatment · race · religion · disparate impact · sexual orientation · EEOC · patriarchy · wage disparity · whistleblower protections · wrongful termination · marital status · Title VII · pregnancy · disability · reasonable accommodation
- Gender Historyfeminism, suffragettes, women's suffrage, patriarchy, women's liberation
- labor rightsworker rights, labor laws, union rights, employee rights, right to strike
- LGBTQ discriminationhomophobia, transphobia, biphobia, hate crimes, prejudice
- LGBTQ rightsgay rights, trans rights, lesbian rights, gay marriage, marriage equality
- women's laborworking women, women workers, female workforce, women in STEM, women in leadership
- workplace equityequal opportunity, pay equity, fair employment, fair hiring, fair treatment
workplace discriminationequal opportunity
Unbiased chance for all
merit-based hiring · meritocracy · fair employment practices · fair treatment · equal employment opportunity
workplace discriminationworkplace inclusion
Ensuring all employees belong
inclusive workplace · diversity and inclusion · belonging · psychological safety · inclusive culture
workplace discriminationequal access
Uniform right to participate
workplace equity · level playing field · affirmative action · equal chance
discrimination, workplace, discriminating, discriminate, indiscriminate, discriminatory, discriminated, nondiscriminatory, discriminates