When can I sue my employer for discrimination? Employers exert a significant amount of control over our daily lives. In exchange for pay, they control when we show up for work, what we do when we get there, and even what our healthcare looks like. In most jobs, employers can terminate us for no reason or any reason – unless it’s an illegal reason. Federal and Colorado state law put protections in place to counteract that power imbalance, giving workers options to seek legal remedies to unlawful workplace discrimination and other intolerable conditions. You are a victim of illegal discrimination if your employer takes adverse action, makes your work environment unmanageable, or otherwise treats you differently and worse based on a protected characteristic, [...]