Employment Discrimination Examples
- Disability Discrimination: A petroleum refinery did not allow an employee with a disability to bring her service animal to work.
- Sex Discrimination: A wood products manufacturer refused to hire women.
- Pregnancy Discrimination: A pet company fired an employee within one hour of learning she was pregnant. In another example, a dental office fired an employee because of her pregnancy.
- Religious Discrimination: An aviation services company fired employee because of her religion after denying her religious accommodation request.
- Sexual Harassment and Assault: A fast food franchisee fostered a culture that led to a manager sexually assaulting a minor employee.
- Retaliation: An auto repair shop pushed an employee out of his job after he reported racial and sexual harassment.