Employees can be discriminated against for many reasons. According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) the main reasons are age, disability, equal pay, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion,
retaliation, sex, and sexual harassment. There are also many ways in which an employee can be discriminated against. 

According to the EEOC an employee can be discriminated against in any aspect of employment, including everything from compensation, assignment, or classification of employee to job advertisements and even transfers, promotions, layoffs, and recalls. (EEOC discriminatory practices) This wide span of reasons and ways to discriminate leaves employers open to many lawsuits, especially if their managers and leaders are not trained on the topics.

Examples like these show the value of employers properly educating their staff. Training employees in all reasons and ways of discrimination helps them understand they need to avoid costly mistakes