Justices are reviewing the standard used for workers who historically don’t experience discrimination.

U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared to lean on Wednesday toward making it easier for people from "majority backgrounds," such as white or straight people, to pursue workplace discrimination claims, as they heard an appeal by an Ohio woman who claims she was denied a promotion and demoted because she is heterosexual.

US Supreme Court justices appear set to rule in favour of a woman who claims she faced workplace discrimination for being heterosexual. Marlean Ames brought the "reverse discrimination" case under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act after allegedly being passed over for promotions that went to gay colleagues.