This category is about possible discrimination around employment, based on disability, ethnicity, gender, marital status, race, religion, sexual harassment, sexual orientation, or age. It also includes what remedies an employee might be eligible to receive if they have been discriminated against.
Age Discrimination in Employment
Do you feel you have been discriminated against because of your age? This resource goes over age discrimination in employment situations and the process to file an age discrimination claim.
Basics of Workplace Discrimination
This resource goes over discrimination in the workplace including links to employment discrimination issue guides and process guides to file a claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under federal law, Louisiana Commission on Human Rights (LCHR), and state.
Equal Pay/Equal Compensation Discrimination in Employment
Do you feel you have been discriminated against in a workplace because you were not given equal pay? This resource goes over equal pay/equal compensation discrimination and the process to file an equal pay/equal compensation claim.
Filing a Charge of Discrimination with the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Discriminated at work because of your race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older) disability, or genetic information? This resource goes over the process to file a discrimination charge with the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.)
Filing a Charge of Discrimination with the LCHR (Louisiana Commission on Human Rights)
Discriminated at work because of your race, color, religion, sex (gender identity and sexual orientation), pregnancy, childbirth & related medical conditions, national origin, age (40 or older), disability, or genetic information? This resource goes over the process to file a discrimination claim with the LCHR (Louisiana Commission on Human Rights).
Genetic Information (Including Sickle Cell Trait) Employment Discrimination
Do you feel you have been discriminated against in an employment situation because of genetic information or because of status related to sickle cell trait? This resource goes over genetic information and sickle cell trait employment discrimination and the process to file a claim.
Harassment in Employment Discrimination
Do you feel you have been harassed in an employment situation? This resource goes over harassment as the basis of discrimination process in employment situations and the process to file a harassment claim in employment situations.
Labor Law Resources
This resource has a directory of different departments and agencies that can help you learn about labor laws and how they might apply to you.
National Origin Discrimination in Employment
Do you feel you have been discriminated against because of your national origin? This resource goes over discrimination because of national origin in employment situations and the process to file a claim for discrimination because of national origin.
Pregnancy Discrimination in Employment
Do you feel you have been discriminated against because of your pregnancy? This resource goes over the pregnancy discrimination process in employment situations and the process to file a pregnancy discrimination claim.
Race/Color Discrimination in Employment
Do you feel you have been discriminated against because of your race/color? This resource goes over race/color discrimination in employment situations and the process to file a race/color discrimination claim.
Religious Discrimination in Employment
Do you feel you have been discriminated against because of your religion? This resource goes over the religious discrimination process in employment situations and the process to file a religious discrimination claim.
Retaliation in Employment Discrimination
Do you feel you have been retaliated against? This resource goes over retaliation as the basis of discrimination process in employment situations and the process to file a retaliation claim.
Sex-Based Discrimination in Employment
Do you feel you have been discriminated against because of your sex? This resource goes over the sex-based discrimination process in employment situations and the process to file a sex-based employment discrimination claim.
Sexual Harassment in Employment Discrimination
Do you feel you have been sexually harassed in an employment situation? This resource goes over the sexual harassment claim process and the process to file an sexual harassment claim.
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Employment Discrimination
Do you feel you have been discriminated against because of your sexual orientation or gender identity (SOGI)? This resource goes over the SOGI discrimination process in employment situations and the process to file a SOGI discrimination claim.
Veteran Discrimination in Employment
Do you feel you have been discriminated against because of your status as a veteran? This resource goes over disability and other types of federal and state veteran discrimination in employment situations and the process to file a claim if you have experienced disability discrimination as a veteran.
Waivers of Discrimination Claims in Employee Severance Agreements
Many employers offer departing employees money or benefits in exchange for a release (or “waiver”) of liability for all claims connected with the employment relationship, including discrimination claims under the civil rights laws enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) -- the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Equal Pay Act (EPA). Includes what to do if you are offered a severance agreement in exchange for a waiver of your actual or potential discrimination claims, basic information about severance agreements, and when a waiver is valid.