Are you getting harsher criticism compared to your peers? Did your boss exclude you from a project because you’re “too young for this kind of assignment”? Or maybe you’ve seen how they’re treating other people in the same role way better than you? 

Watch out, all of these are problematic workplace practices. 

4 Common Examples of How a Boss May Treat You Differently 

Recognizing signs of problematic relationships with your boss is crucial as these can both affect your professional status and personal well-being. Disparate treatment, favoritism, ostracization, and being singled out negatively are all warning signs you can’t ignore. 

Disparate Treatment

The concept of disparate treatment, also called adverse treatment, refers to when employees are treated unfairly based on their characteristics like age, gender, ethnicity, or physical abilities. 

Examples of disparate treatment include:

• Giving preferences to resumes with names that seem white 
• Prioritizing the promotion of male employees over female 
• Different employment conditions (e.g., benefits) for workers of different age 
• Lay-off or firing decisions, based on a personal, rather than objective characteristic  

Showing any sort of disparate treatment is one of the things your boss can’t legally do.…

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