RACIAL AND ETHNIC or COUNTRY OF NATURAL ORIGIN DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE LAWYER NY
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Do you think you might be a victim of racial, ethnic, or country of natural origin discrimination? Ethnicity is your cultural identity, chosen or learned from your culture and family. While similar, race is biological, describing physical traits inherited from your parents. The labor and employment law firm of El-Hag & Associates, PC, can help you. Our Westchester, New York, discrimination law firm specializes in workplace Race & Ethnic Discrimination matters. We have recovered millions of dollars for victims of workplace discrimination. We have brought race discrimination & ethnic discrimination lawsuits against small businesses and major multinational corporations and have achieved excellent results for our clients.
Racial and ethnic or country of natural origin discrimination can happen to people of any Race. Suppose you have been mistreated at work because of your race or ethnicity. In that case, you may have a claim for Race Discrimination or Ethnic Discrimination. The labor and employment lawyers at El-Hag can help you determine whether you have a valid claim and fight for the compensation you deserve.
When you're a victim of race discrimination, Ethnic Discrimination, or country of natural origin discrimination, you may feel like your employer is trying to get rid of you. You may not know what to do about it. Despite the prevalence of workplace race discrimination & ethnic discrimination, there are several things that employees can do to protect themselves from such abuse. First and foremost, employees should ensure that they are updated on their workplace rights regarding racial and ethnic discrimination.
If you think you might be a victim of workplace Race or Ethnic Discrimination, please call us today for a free consultation. We can quickly assess your case and let you know the options available. It is challenging to prove race or ethnic discrimination because there is no "smoking gun," so it is best to consult with our employment and labor law firm to review the facts and develop a plan.
WHAT IS WORKPLACE RACE OR ETHNICITY DISCRIMINATION
If you believe you have been the victim of race or ethnic discrimination at work, contact our experienced labor and employment workplace race and ethnic discrimination lawyers to discuss your case. We can help you determine whether you have a valid claim and what steps to take to protect your rights. Ethnic and racial discrimination can be extremely damaging to someone's career and mental health; unfortunately very common in the workplace.
You must speak up if you believe you have been the victim of racial or ethnic discrimination in the workplace. Laws in place protect workers from racial and ethnic discrimination, and you may be able to file a claim against your employer. Our experienced labor and employment law firm can help you understand your rights and options.
Examples Of Age Discrimination In New York
There are many examples of workplace ethnic and racial discrimination in New York. One typical example is when black or Hispanic employees are denied the promotions and opportunities and benefits that white employees are offered. Workers subject to racial or ethnic discrimination sometimes experience a more significant wage gap through inferior assignments and less opportunity than their coworkers. In other racial and ethnic discrimination cases, it may take the form of harassment and a hostile work environment, that is created by comments or conduct that is directed at employees based on their race or ethnicity.
Examples Of Age Discrimination In The Workplace
Pay disparitiesPay disparities between racial and ethnic employees given the same job skill levels between older and younger workers
Promotions and job opportunities that are not equally available and based on an employee’s ethnicity, race, or country of natural origin
Failing to provide equal access to development and training opportunities to employees based upon their race, ethnicity, or country of natural origin
Harassment such as intimidating comments, gestures, and jokes harassing or intimidating the employee based upon their ethnicity, race, or country of natural origin
Denial of promotions because of the employee’s race, ethnicity, or country of natural origin, while employees not of the same race, ethnicity, or country of natural origin with less experience are promoted
Employer gives benefits to some employees’ families while not providing benefits to other employees’ families because of their race, ethnic ethnicity, or country of natural origin
Getting paid less salary than employees who are not in the protected racial, ethnic, or country of natural origin group employees doing equivalent work doing equivalent work
If, in the course of a job interview you are asked about your race, ethnicity, or country of natural origin
Denial of working hours modification request to employees to go to a doctor’s appointment, based upon their race, ethnicity, or country of natural origin, while employees not of their race, ethnicity, or country of natural origin, are granted such requests
What Is Not Racial, Ethnic, or Country of Natural Origin Discrimination Or Harassment
At El-Hag & Associates, P.C we receive calls every day from people who believe that they have been discriminated against because they feel that they lost their job for unfair reasons, or because the workplace is not fair. This is not age discrimination by itself. To learn if the treatment on your job is due to fairness in the workplace contact the employment and labor law firm of El-Hag & Associates.
It is not harassment when people in the workplace make petty slights, are generally annoying, or make isolated discriminatory or derogatory remarks (unless extremely serious) about your race, ethnicity, or country of natural origin. To be unlawful, the conduct must create a work environment that would be intimidating, hostile, or offensive to reasonable people.
Race, Ethnic and Country of Natural Origin Discrimination. Ethnic, racial, and country of natural origin discrimination must occur because you are part of a protected class, such as being of a certain ethnic, racial, and country of natural origin workplace. For example, an employer can decide that he will fire any person if they come 1 minute late to work, even if it happened only 1 time. But it would be discriminatory if the employer said that he is only going to apply that policy to employees that are Italian.
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How Do You Win A racial, ethnic, or country of natural origin workplace discrimination Lawsuit?
There are several factors that you must prove to win an racial, ethnic, or country of natural origin employment discrimination lawsuit. If you can answer yes to the following questions, you may have been a victim of employment discrimination:
1) Do you work at a company with 4 or more employees? The New York State Human Rights Law only protects employees who work for an employer with 4 or more employees. Federal Law requires that the employer employ more than 15 employees. So, the first thing to check is if you are protected by the law.
2) Did something bad happen to you at work? This is known as an “adverse employment action”. You must be able to show that something bad happened to you at work. Examples of adverse employment actions include:
Being fired
Being laid off
Not receiving a raise
Being demoted
Being passed over for a promotion
Being harassed at work
4) Were you qualified to perform the job at issue? You must be able to demonstrate that you had the right skill set to perform the job at issue despite your race, ethnicity, or country of natural origin.
- An example of being unqualified- is if you apply for a job as a lawyer, but you don’t have a law degree, you won’t be able to say that you were discriminated against if a law firm did not hire you.
- An example of being qualified and passed over in a discriminatory situation would be if you had the same or greater abilities than others who applied for a job position. Both you and the person that is not part of a protected class which includes being singled out because of an employee's race, ethnicity, or country of natural origin have equal experience working in the position you were applying for. If the other individual was hired, but you were not, the company will have to be able to provide a legitimate reason that you, as a qualified individual were passed over for the job.
5) Does it seem likely that the racial, ethnic, or country of natural origin discrimination occurred because you are a member of a protected class? This means that there is some evidence that shows that something bad happened to you at work BECAUSE of your race, ethnicity, or country of natural origin. There must be a believable cause-and-effect relationship between your age and the negative job action. For example:
- You were fired BECAUSE of your RACE, ETHNICITY, OR COUNTRY OF NATURAL ORIGIN
- You didn’t get a raise BECAUSE of your RACE, ETHNICITY, OR COUNTRY OF NATURAL ORIGIN
- You were fired BECAUSE of your RACE, ETHNICITY, OR COUNTRY OF NATURAL ORIGIN
6) Is your employer’s reason for taking the adverse action a lie (“Pretext”)? Your employer can take any negative action in the workplace as long as there is a legitimate reason for it, and it is not retaliatory. In almost 100% of race, ethnicity, or country of natural origin discrimination cases, your boss is going to have an excuse that explains why you were treated badly. Your responsibility is to demonstrate that your boss’s excuse is false and that the real reason is race, ethnicity, or country of natural origin discrimination. For example, if you are a black person and your employer fired you because you performed your job poorly or had a bad attitude, your boss can terminate you. But if employees who are not of the same racial, ethnic, or country of natural origin groups and may act the same way and perform the job the same way as you, then your employer’s excuse that you performed poorly is most likely a lie.
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We file the lawsuit, we spend the money, you only have to be involved for a few hours over the course of the lawsuit. 90% of the time, we manage to settle the case, you get paid.
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Don't Let Your Employer Intimidate You From Being Compensated For The Age Discrimination in the Workplace That You Were Subjected To By Threatening Or Scaring You Into Inaction
You can sue any company you worked for in the past three years. It does not have to be a company at which you are currently working.
The law protects you. The law prevents retaliation. You can collect unpaid wages and benefits, and penalties, demand your job back, and even demand front pay (money to cover you for the time it would take to find new work.
Attorney-Client Privilege- We CANNOT tell anyone about your case unless you ask us to. Your call is 100% confidential and protected by the attorney-client privilege.
Attack only when you’re comfortable. We only move forward when you are ready. There is no pressure to start. You can have your age discrimination evaluation, develop a strategy, collect evidence, and begin when you are ready.
Why You Should Not Wait To Take Action Against Your Employer For Age Discrimination in the Workplace
The Company can go out of business.
You can run out of time to bring a lawsuit if you haven't already
The company can be sold or transferred
Someone else could sue and complicate your chance of collecting your wages
The company could file for bankruptcy
The owner could die
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Why clients prefer El-Hag Law
Company lied by saying employees should not be paid for travel time because they only used the construction headquarters for commuting.
Approach
Hired a private detective to video tape the construction yard in the mornings to show that the workday began when employees arrived to work.
Result
We secured for our client one of the largest single-person wage recoveries that the Judge had seen in his career!
Company tried to not pay our client who worked in an office overtime by claiming she was an exempt administrative employee and sales person.
Approach
We got the business owner to lie under oath, and then showed the court the evidence of our client working at the restaurant. Subjecting the company owner to perjury charges.
Result
Our client secured $35,000 and was able to start a restaurant of his own with his family using the settlement money.
Company tried to not pay our client who worked in an office overtime by claiming she was an exempt administrative employee and sales person.
Approach
We threatened to bring a class action lawsuit against the company because they misclassified all the workers in the same position, and we were able to negotiate a premium settlement for our client.
Result
We secured our client $50,000 and she landed a new job the next week. She was able to buy a new car for commuting and put money into her retirement savings account.
“El-Hag helped me recover $100,000 in unpaid overtime because the time spent traveling was not paid”
How can I sue my employer for age discrimination?
There are 3 ways that you can file a discrimination lawsuit against your employer in New York. You need to decide what avenue you will take and consider it carefully because generally once you choose one option, you cannot change your mind and pursue another option. This is known as the “election of remedies”.
The 3 main ways to bring a age discrimination lawsuit are:
1) File a lawsuit directly in New York State Supreme Court. You can file a lawsuit against your employer under the New York State Human Rights Law. You have three years from the time the discriminatory action occurred.
2) File a charge with the EEOC, NY Division of Human Rights (NYDHR), or another local agency. You can file a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) (Federal), NYS Division of Human Rights (State), or local agency (E.g. Westchester County). When you file with the NYS Division of Human Rights, the Division will dual file your charge with the EEOC, and the cases will be investigated simultaneously. If the agencies find that your claim has merit they will issue a probable cause finding, and you can then have an administrative hearing to decide your case.
3) File a charge with the EEOC and NY Division of Human Rights, then à file a lawsuit in Federal Court. If you file your charges with the EEOC and NYDHR, you can choose to file a lawsuit in Federal Court if you do not want to proceed with these agencies. Once you obtain a right to sue letter from the EEOC, you have a limited time to file a lawsuit in Federal Court to pursue your lawsuit.
Awareness is the first step to stopping Age discrimination. If any of the age discrimination work violations applies to you, then you should call El-Hag & Associates, P.C today. The most important thing is to keep track of the age discrimination and harassment you were subjected to at work. Do not rely on your employer or others to do that for you.
In Westchester New York, many working people living in Yonkers, Mount Vernon, and New Rochelle are victims of age discrimination. That is why El-Hag & Associates, P.C is a Westchester age discrimination on the job law firm, focusing on employment and labor law in Westchester New York. If you find that you have been discriminated against at work, contact El-Hag & Associates, P.C today, and we can help you get the compensation that you deserve. Make sure you protect your rights and your livelihood.