While you can make a lot of employment decisions as you see fit, you’re prohibited from making decisions based on a person’s inclusion in any of these protected classes. Learn how to make sure your team is aware.
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What are Protected Classes?
Protected classes — also sometimes called protected characteristics — come from anti-discrimination law. We talk about them with respect to employment laws, but they also come into play in housing and education. The classes and characteristics protected by federal law include race, color, age (over 40), sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, religion, disability, national […]