October 2020
Beginner
272 pages
4h 36m
English
APPENDIX D
I conducted an interview with Tom Wilinsky, an attorney with more than 25 years’ experience in employment law in New York and New Jersey, to understand workplace discrimination and what you can do if you experience discrimination in your workplace.
1. What is the legal definition of discrimination?
Discrimination is treating someone in a way that’s different from other people because that person is included in a class that the law considers “protected,” meaning historically marginalized, or entitled to equal treatment but often treated differently based on an improper characteristic.
The protected classes are the following:
• Gender
• Race/color
• Ethnicity
• Religion
• Sexuality in some ...
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