The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is the federal agency that enforces federal employment discrimination laws. Such discrimination includes adverse treatment, harassment, denial of a reasonable workplace accommodation, or retaliation for reporting discrimination.  Adverse treatment is discrimination in the form of an employment action that adversely impacts an employee, such as denial of promotion, non-hire, denial of job benefits, demotion, suspension, or removal.  Harassment in the workplace is “unwelcome conduct that is based on race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, or pregnancy), national origin, older age (beginning at age 40), disability, or genetic information (including family medical history).” Harassment is unlawful in the workplace when it because a condition of the employment or when it is so severe that it creates an intimidating, hostile, or abusive work environment. Denial of a reasonable workplace accommodation occurs when an employer fails to provide a “change in the work environment (or in the way things are usually done) to help a person with a disability apply for a job, perform the duties of a job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment,” “unless doing so would cause significant difficulty or expense for the employer.” See workplacefairness.org for more information on discrimination.