Reverse age discrimination policies are in place for most employers. Reverse discrimination is a term used to refer to the policies and habits of social discrimination against members of the dominant group, which implies that there is unfairness taking place. Some of the cases brought against under these laws are the result of affirmative action policies that were created to help decrease discrimination in the workplace against minorities. Traditionally, the dominant group within the workplace is the majority and the disadvantaged is the minority. Reverse discrimination is illegal in the United States.