Isimiso sokulinganiselwa yisikhathi sokuthi uthathe isenzo somthetho (isib. Ukufaka isikhalazo noma icala) ngomunye umuntu. "Iwashi" elingokomthetho ngokuvamile liqala ukukhawula ngosuku lokuqala lwesigameko sokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi, kodwa kwezinye izimo, isimiso sokulinganiselwa singase siqale esenzakalweni sokugcina.
Isikhathi sesikhathi okumele usifake isikhalazo noma icala sixhomeke ezintweni ezintathu:
- Uma usebenzela inhlangano kahulumeni
- Uma ungasebenzi kuhulumeni wesifundazwe, futhi ufuna ukufaka isikhalazo kuKhomishana ye-Equal Employment Commission
- Uma uhlela ukufaka icala lomthetho, imithetho yakho yombuso ngamunye. Ezingxenyeni eziningi, ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi kubhekwa njengama-"tort" izimangalo, futhi kuncike esimisweni esifanayo sokulinganiselwa njengomthetho wokulimala komuntu siqu (okungukuthi, izingozi.)
Uma usebenzela uhulumeni wesifundazwe kumele uqale ufake i-isikhalazo sokuphatha ngaphambi kokuthi ufake i-civil lawsuit. Uma usebenzela inkampani yomphakathi noma eyimfihlo (ngokuyinhloko noma ubani kodwa i-ejensi kahulumeni) akudingeki ukuba ufake isikhalazo kuKhomishana ye-Equal Employment Commission (EEOC) ngaphambi kokufaka icala. Kodwa-ke, uma ukhetha ukuba ne-EEOC isingathe isikhalazo sakho isimiso sokulinganiselwa sincane kakhulu kunalokho imithetho eminingi yombuso ivumela ukufaka icala lomthetho.
Ummeli wezokuhlukunyezwa ngokobulili eNew Jersey, uLeonard Hill, uncoma ukuthi uhlale ubeka isikhalazo esisemthethweni kumqashi wakho ngaphambi kokuzama ukufaka icala.
"Umqashi ngeke akwazi ukuphathwa ngokuhlukunyezwa ngokobulili noma ukucwaswa uma engazi ngalokhu. Ukubika umbiko osemthethweni kusebenza njengobufakazi bokuthi bakwenzile."