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In 2007, five African American women won a court case against their employer for racial discrimination.  The five women were let go form their employer during layoffs; they were scrutinized while they packed their belongings, and were searched thoroughly before leaving the premises.  Meanwhile, a white male coworker who was also laid off was not subjected to the same embarrassing treatment.  While the women were not treated unfairly directly or with words, they did suffer the same discrimination and humiliation as a result of their employer’s actions.

This makes a huge difference in the world of anti-discrimination law as regarding the actions of an employer.  It proves that though the employer was not directly or verbally discriminating, their actions proved that racial discrimination was, in fact, present in the workplace of these five African-American women.

When you decide to leave your current employer for a new one, there can be a great deal of hardship that is involved. The hard feelings could be on your end, especially if you are leaving a bad job or an unprofessional boss. Or, the hard feelings could be on the part of the company you are leaving; this happens when you have been at a company for a long time, or when you started your career with a company and then move on.

So how can you retain business relationships through these hard feelings? If the hard feelings are on your side, no matter how much you may want to express your displeasure to your boss when you quit, don’t. You never know if you may need him as a reference further down the road. If the hard feelings are on the employer’s side, this is more complicated. If you are lucky, the company will accept your decision; if not, you may have irreparably destroyed the relationship.