Gender Discrimination in the Workplace
Discrimination Against Women Happens at Work Every Day
Gender discrimination (sometimes referred to as “sex discrimination”) is a broader category of illegal conduct than sexual harassment, but the two share some common factors. In the law, sexual harassment is a subset of discrimination based on sex.
Gender discrimination occurs when an employee is treated differently because of their gender in a way that negatively affects their terms or conditions of employment. Gender discrimination is illegal in all fifty states and is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
“Terms or conditions of employment” include position and job title, compensation and benefits, being hired or fired from a job, and advancement and training opportunities. Gender discrimination occurs across virtually all areas of employment: from hiring decisions to pay scale.
Examples of Gender Discrimination Practices
Hiring: Although you are clearly the best candidate for a job, you lose it to a less-qualified candidate because the company felt more comfortable hiring a man.
Promotion: You work at a store for ten years and have been repeatedly denied a promotion. Men with less experience, including those that you trained or supervised, advance instead.
Benefits: You are required to use your sick and vacation leave for your pregnancy because your employer doesn’t provide long-term disability leave for pregnancy, but does for other health conditions. A male co-worker was on leave for six months because he had a heart attack and he used the long-term disability plan.
Gender Discrimination – Glass Ceiling Attorneys Serving Pennsylvania and New Jersey
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If you believe you have been the target of gender discrimination, contact our civil rights attorneys today to schedule a free consultation. We can tell you if you have a case and the legal options available to you.
