Workplace discrimination can take many different forms, both subtle and more direct. From receiving unequal pay and unequal benefits to being overlooked for a position because of your gender, race, age, disability, or religious affiliation, many such discriminatory actions may occur in the work place. While a company may have a name that’s known across the nation, not every company screens or trains their managers correctly.

Notwithstanding the company’s “good name” there are laws in place at both the federal and state levels to protect you from discrimination in any form. Federal law protects employees who are members of a protected class from being discriminated against in the workplace. The specified classes include race, color, nationality, religion, gender, disability, age, citizenship, pregnancy, and genetic information.  Any of these factors need only be a contributing factor in your employer’s decision to negatively affect the terms or conditions of your employment, e.g., fire you. It doesn’t have to be the only factor, or even the most important one. You are protected against discrimination, if your membership in a “protected class” was a contributing reason that led to the decision to terminate your employment.

Discrimination often goes unchecked in the modern workplace. Often only circumstantial evidence is available and your case must be carefully constructed by a professional attorney. We will work with you to prove discrimination based on your observations and experiences. Anything from insensitive or vulgar comments and jokes, to differences in opportunities for workers based on race or sex can help build your case.