Unlawful Discriminatory Practices

Unlawful discriminatory practices under these laws include:

• Harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information. It becomes unlawful when:
  • Enduring the offensive conduct becomes a condition of continued employment
  • The conduct is severe or pervasive enough to create a work environment that a reasonable person would consider intimidating, hostile, or abusive
• Reprisal or retaliation against an individual for filing a claim of discrimination, participating in an EEO investigation, or opposing discriminatory practices
• Employment decisions based on stereotypes or assumptions about the abilities, traits, or performance of individuals of a certain group
• Denying employment opportunities to a person because of association with persons who are in a protected class

It is also an unlawful employment practice to classify a person in a way that would tend to adversely, with limited exceptions, affect that person based on his or her membership in a protected class. With very limited exceptions, membership in a protected class cannot be a factor in any personnel decision.