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by slg 1023 days ago
>Can you describe a specific incident in your employment history where you were fired from a job or denied a promotion due to your caste or ancestry?

Just clarifying that discrimination doesn't have to result in being fired or passed over for a promotion to count as discrimination.

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Can you give an example please?
IANAL, but basically anything that negatively impacts a protected class and doesn't have a clear business purpose can be argued as discrimination. "Reasonable accommodations" without "undue hardship" are key phrases you will commonly hear as being the expectations for employers. Those accommodations can include stuff like installing ramps for an employee in a wheelchair or granting a new mother time to pump. The employee doesn't have to be fired or denied a promotion, simply making their job or life more difficult is often enough to be considered discrimination.