Have you ever experienced unfair, unequal, and possibly illegal treatment at work?
Employment discrimination occurs when an employer treats one employee differently from the way he or she treats another employee – for reasons most often that take place as a result of ones sex, race, age or religion.
An employer is discriminating against employees if, for instance, he or she favors younger people for promotion, singles out women for assignment to the worst job, refuses to hire people because of racial or cultural backgrounds, or fires someone because of their religion.
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA)
The ADEA protects workers forty and over from being fired or denied jobs or promotions because of age. There is no upper age limit to the ADEA.
Ranking right behind age discrimination in numbers of cases filed are sex discrimination (denial of employment opportunities or benefits based upon gender) and sexual harassment complaints (misconduct, based on sex).
Moving quickly up the ladder on the most active list of job-related abuses are complaints of disability discrimination. Prohibited by various states for many years, and for federal contractors (by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973), discrimination based on disability became unlawful nationwide with the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991 (ADA).
Discrimination in the workplace is against the law!
Equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws prohibit specific types of job discrimination in certain workplaces. Employment discrimination laws seek to prevent discrimination by employers based on race, gender, religion, national origin, physical disability, or age. The experienced discrimination attorneys at the Employment Discrimination Center work hard to identify and prosecute violators of the anti-discrimination laws.
Discrimination in the workplace cannot be tolerated.
If you or someone you know has experienced discrimination based on age, race, or sex, contact the Employment Discrimination Center at O'Malley & Langan.
