Caregiver Discrimination

Many caregivers suffer adverse and often illegal actions at work: for instance, the salesperson who is not promoted because management believes she cannot take on increased responsibility due to her need to care for a parent with Alzheimer’s. Other examples of caregiver discrimination include the following types of actions when they are not motivated by […]

What is caregiver discrimination? Caregiver discrimination, which is also known as family responsibilities discrimination, is sort of what it sounds like. It’s when an employer takes some action against you based on a stereotype of how he or she thinks a caregiver is going to operate in the workplace. For instance, let’s suppose that you’ve