Age discrimination involves treating someone (an applicant or employee) less favorably because of his or her age. Discrimination, the intended or accomplished differential treatment of persons or social groups for reasons of certain generalized traits.A charge of discrimination is a signed statement asserting that an employer, union or labor organization engaged in employment discrimination. Burks, "Trailblazers: Women in the Montgomery Bus Boycott," in Women in the Civil Rights Movement, ed. Housing discrimination is against the law. Established in policy 7232, Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace. Burks, "Trailblazers: Women in the Montgomery Bus Boycott," in Women in the Civil Rights Movement, ed. To file a discrimination complaint, complete a Discrimination Complaint Form. The complaint must be based on one or more of the following bases. The national policy against housing discrimination is defined in the federal Fair Housing Act of 1968.