2. Meaning
The Job Discrimination means making an
adverse decision against the employee or the
job applicant on the basis of his membership in
a certain group. In an organization, several
instances can be seen where an individual is
discriminated on the grounds of sex, religion,
caste, physical disability and national origin.
4. Color Discrimination
• Discrimination based on
skin color, also known as
colorism or shadeism, is a
form of prejudice
or discrimination in which
people who are usually
members of the
same race are treated
differently based on the
social implications which
come with the cultural
meanings which are
attached to skin color.
5. National Origin Discrimination
• National origin
discrimination involves
treating people (applicants
or employees) unfavorably
because they are from a
particular country or part of
the world, because of
ethnicity or accent, or
because they appear to be
of a certain ethnic
background (even if they
are not).
6. Religious Discrimination
• Religious
discrimination involves
treating a person (an
applicant or employee)
unfavorably because of his
or her religious beliefs.
Religious discrimination can
also involve treating
someone differently because
that person is married to (or
associated with) an
individual of a
particular religion.
7. Sex Discrimination
• Workplace gender
discrimination comes in
many different forms, but
generally it means that an
employee or a job applicant
is treated differently or less
favorably because of their
sex or gender, or because the
person is affiliated with an
organization or group that is
associated with a particular
sex or gender.
8. Age Discrimination
• Elderly and youthful employees sometimes
experience age discrimination in the
workplace. Ageism is stereotyping or
discriminating against individuals or groups
because of their age. Employers are
generally not allowed to hire, fire, or
promote employees, nor decide an
employee's compensation based on their
age.
9. Disability Discrimination
• Disability
discrimination is when
a person with a
disability is treated less
favourably than a
person without the
disability in the same
or similar
circumstances. ... This
is called ‘indirect
discrimination’.