Employment Discrimination
When protected status drives hiring, firing, pay, promotion, or other workplace decisions.
In plain terms
Discrimination is not about whether your boss was merely unfair—it is about whether you were treated worse in hiring, pay, promotions, discipline, or firing because of who you are (or who your employer thought you were). In real life, few employers announce bias openly, so these cases often rely on timing, inconsistent explanations, comments, and how similarly situated coworkers were treated.