This is one of the biggest problems for people with employment discrimination claims who have lost jobs. If you put down that you were terminated (even though you feel you were discriminated against), this could prevent you from being hired by another employer. It is a tricky situation, and one which really has no easy answer. However, you must remember that, if you plan to pursue a discrimination claim against your former employer, you are leaving a paper trail that their lawyer will most likely follow. She will subpoena every application you fill out or claim for unemployment compensation you file in hopes that you have stated something false or inconsistent with your employment discrimination claim. Consequently, you CANNOT state on an application that you quit or were laid off; this is the sort of thing lawyers for employers salivate over. A possible way of handling this is to list the reason given to you. For example, if you were told you were terminated for excess absences (but you think that was a cover for discrimination), you can state “I was told I was terminated because of excess absences, but I dispute that.” Or, you can state that you will discuss the reason in an interview.