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There are certain things such as race and gender which are protected classes. It is illegal to discriminate against someone based on these attributes in variou
by mkching 11y ago
There are certain things such as race and gender which are protected classes. It is illegal to discriminate against someone based on these attributes in various ways including employment. [1]
Beyond this, most employment in the US is "at-will", meaning that you can be fired for any reason or no reason. [2]
Some things not explicitly listed as a protected class might still pose problems if its determined that the way in which is it enforced is discriminatory. [3]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_class https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_class
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment
[3] http://navbat.com/can-you-fire-someone-for-being-too-ugly/ http://navbat.com/can-you-fire-someone-for-being-too-ugly/