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Protected characteristic

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-003986

An attribute of an individual that is legally safeguarded against discrimination in areas such as employment, housing, and public accommodations. These characteristics typically include race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, and genetic information. Laws like the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the United States prohibit adverse treatment based on these specific traits.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-003986
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-003986",
  "term": "Protected characteristic",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "An attribute of an individual that is legally safeguarded against discrimination in areas such as employment, housing, and public accommodations. These characteristics typically include race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, and genetic information. Laws like the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the United States prohibit adverse treatment based on these specific traits.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/protected-characteristic/"
}

Record 4,035 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.