A Complaint for Employment Discrimination is a formal document filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) or a state-level equivalent. It is used to report discrimination in the workplace based on race, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, genetic information, or pregnancy. There are three main types of Complaint for Employment Discrimination: disparate treatment, disparate impact, and retaliation. In a disparate treatment complaint, the complainant alleges that they were treated differently than employees in a similar situation because of a protected characteristic. Examples of disparate treatment include denying someone a promotion because of their race or firing someone because of their gender. In a disparate impact complaint, the complainant alleges that an employer's policy or practice has a disproportionate impact on employees with a protected characteristic. An example of disparate impact is if an employer's policy requires employees to be available to work at night, which disproportionately affects employees with childcare responsibilities. In a retaliation complaint, the complainant alleges that they were subjected to an adverse action because they reported or complained about discrimination. Examples of retaliation complaint include an employee being fired after filing a complaint of discrimination with the EEOC or a coworker being demoted after testifying in an EEOC investigation.