It is SLCC's policy to provide all personnel with a respectful work environment free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Discrimination means treating a person less favorably than other people or groups.Not all discrimination is a violation of University policy. This information packet is designed to help you file an employment discrimination lawsuit in federal court without the help of a trained and licensed attorney. Claims of discrimination and harassment that are not based on a protected class are covered in the Employee Conduct policy, the ADA Access and. Discrimination means treating someone differently, ie, disadvantaging the person, on the basis of being a member of a protected class described in Policy 1012. Discrimination is the unfair or prejudicial treatment of people and groups based on characteristics such as race, gender, age, or sexual orientation. The equity glossary is a list of the terms and definitions used in our equity work. Salt Lake Community College agreed to this resolution in a case where federal investigators found the school discriminated against a pregnant student. Discrimination means, at a very basic level, the act of separating out singular things or groups of things.