Experience shows, however, that employers still leave plenty of fingerprints. Better treatment of people outside of the protected class who have equal or lesser qualifications. If the decision looks suspicious, ask the decision-maker for an explanation. If the explanation is bogus, add it to your arsenal of evidence. Discrimination victims typically lose wages, benefits and emotional well-being as a result of discrimination.
Economic damages are the amount of wages and benefits lost as the result of discrimination.
This includes benefits and seniority. Victims of discrimination have a duty to mitigate economic damages. This means that they must use reasonable efforts to find comparable employment and accept such employment if it is offered to them. In other words, the law helps those who help themselves. Emotional damages do not have a precise monetary measure.