Workplace Discrimination. You have a right to work free from discrimination.Improper discrimination may take a number of forms, including discriminatory harassment. The state has an obligation to investigate reports of discriminatory. Discrimination is unfairly treating a person or people differently from others. Warning! This article is only a general guide. It is the Department's policy to pursue equal opportunity regardless of age, color, disability, height, genetic information, marital status, national origin. Contained in the ADA and Section 504's definition of disability discrimination, they necessarily involve direct evidence of discrimination. In plain English, to discriminate means distinguishing, singling out, or making a distinction. We discriminate all the time in everyday life.