What is discrimination? Discrimination is treating a person badly or unfairly on account of a personal characteristic, such as national, ethnic or social origin, gender, language, religion, disability or sexual orientation.
Discrimination is the process of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong, such as race, gender, age, class, religion, or sexual orientation.
It includes individual attitudes, behaviors, systems of policies and practices that are set up to benefit the upper class at the expense of the lower class. Social class refers to the grouping of individuals in a hierarchy based on wealth, income, education, occupation, and social network.
Unlawful discrimination under the Ohio Revised Code includes discrimination based on certain “protected classes.” Protected classes may include factors such as race, color, national origin, religion, disability, age, familial status and military status.
Discriminatory Effects: No person shall adopt, enforce or employ any policy or requirement which has the effect of creating unequal opportunities ing to actual or perceived age, arrest record, color, disability, educational association, familial status, family responsibilities, gender expression, gender identity, ...
The Anti-Discrimination Policy emphasizes creating a safe and inclusive workplace by preventing discrimination based on protected characteristics. It details the behaviors considered discriminatory and the actions taken against such behaviors, ensuring fairness and equality for all employees.
Discriminatory harassment occurs when conduct is: 1. Based on a student's protected class, AND 2. Serious enough to create a hostile environment. Discriminatory harassment can involve conduct between students, employee-to-student conduct, and conduct involving school visitors.