Workplace discrimination occurs when an employee experiences adverse treatment in other terms or conditions of employment when compared to persons not in the same protected class.

Ableism, defined as discrimination in favor of able-bodied people, manifests in various ways, from overt comments to subtle biases that affect how people with disabilities are treated.

The workplace should be where employees can disclose their disabilities without fear of discrimination. Fostering trust and open communication requires a supportive workplace culture where ...

In the end, though, regardless of the setting or industry, individuals with disabilities continue to face discrimination and significant obstacles to workplace satisfaction. Work-from-home ...

They strip persons with disabilities of their dignity, erode their confidence, and deny them equal opportunity. The Nigerian ...

A KITCHEN OPERATIVE has been awarded nearly €8,000 for discrimination after she was sacked via text message the day after ...

Laws protect employee rights in the workplace, and here are some things they prevent your employer from doing.

Our anti-discrimination laws exist to ensure workers are not shut out of employment on the basis of protected characteristics like race, sex, national origin, age, religion, pregnancy, disability ...

Federal officials indicated that the update to Section 504 will make it more consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Even though Section 504 has long barred disability discrimination, HHS ...

Complaints of disability discrimination in the nation’s schools are at their highest level in six years, the U.S. Department of Education says. A newly released annual report shows that the agency’s ...

Disability-based discrimination was reported by 12.4% of medical students with disabilities in the US, with the highest rates being reported by those with chronic illnesses and multiple disabilities.

In 2022, workers in Tennessee filed 6,311 workplace discrimination charges with the EEOC. That amounts to about 89.5 charges per 100,000 people in the state.