Discrimination is not as easily defined as a person may believe at first glance. Even if a boss dislikes someone for his or her personality and treats the person in an unfair manner as a result, this may not be enough evidence for a discrimination claim. To file a valid discrimination claim, the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) requires that a person’s discrimination fall within one of eleven categories.

Determining Your Protected Class

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 has heavily influenced the way that courts determine the protected groups under discrimination laws. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prevents discrimination in educational facilities and public workplaces. Under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a person may not be discriminated against due to the following:

• Age
• Pregnancy
• National Origin
• Race
• Ethnic Background
• Religious Beliefs
• Sexual Orientation

Specific Examples Of Discrimination

In each particular protected class under discrimination laws, people tend to face common forms of discrimination. For example:

• People who are discriminated against for their national origin tend to be treated unfavorably due to their heritage or country of original citizenship.
• A person may face discrimination if an employer requires him or her to speak English in the workplace.An employer may only enforce this requirement if speaking English is required for effectively performing job tasks in the workplace.
• Also, an employer may not fire an employee due to the foreign accent that he or she has.
• A person of a particular sexual orientation may experience discrimination if the workplace environment becomes hostile as a result of teasing or offensive comments.
• If a victim is fired or demoted due to his or her sexual orientation, then this is another example of discrimination.

Discrimination Lawyers For Your Case

Discrimination lawyers will advocate for you in your discrimination case. When you feel like your workplace has become hostile as a result of teasing or inappropriate comments aimed at your sexual orientation, then you may have a valid discrimination claim against your employer.

Brazil’s Supreme Court is poised to rule next week on the legality of a government proposal that, if approved, would set back land rights for indigenous peoples by decades and threaten their very survival.

Next week, the Court will rule on the legality of an opinion issued by Brazil’s Attorney General and endorsed by President Temer which would refuse to recognize the land claims of indigenous peoples unless they have occupied their territories continuously since Brazil’s 1988 Constitution was written. This deliberately ignores the fact that countless communities were brutally driven off their ancestral lands during the decades of military dictatorship that preceded this constitution, and many were only able to return to their homes in the years that followed.

If the Supreme Court approves this opinion, it will spell doom for many of Brazil’s indigenous peoples. The theft of tribal land utterly destroys self-sufficient peoples and their diverse ways of life. By negating native territorial rights, this proposal would green-light industrial development on indigenous lands, putting their survival at risk and threatening the forests that stabilize our global climate.

Send a message to Brazil’s Supreme Court urging it to vote against this dangerous proposal!