RACE DISCRIMINATION
Federal and state laws provide employees with strong protections agsinst discrimination based on race (including all races - African-American, Caucasian, Hispanic and Latino, and everyone else!). Unfortunately, despite these laws having been on the books for many years, racial discrimination still happens in American workplaces.
Racial discrimination is not always easy to identify or prove. While sometimes supervisors may make direct derogatory comments about an employee's race, discrimination is usually more subtle than that.
Employees may suspect that they are being discriminated against when they are treated differently than co-workers of a different race. You promotional opportunities may be more scarce than your peers or you may consistently be assigned tasks below your ability level. You might be "written up" for minor issues where others have not received similar discipline.
The fact that discrimination may be "subtle" should not discourage employees from standing up against it. Even differences in treatment that are the result of a supervisor or company's "implicit bias" against individuals in a racial group should not be tolerated in today's society.
Whatever your field or occupation, you should contact a civil rights employment attorney if you feel that you have been the victim of discrimination on the job.
This website is intended for information purposes only. Nothing herein should be considered legal advice. Transmission of the information is not intended to create, and receipt does not constitute, an attorney-client relationship.Whether you're janitor, a teacher, a C-level executive, whether you trace your roots back to George Washington or you're a recent immigrant, whether you're devoutly religious, gay, lesbian or transgendered, young in age, or just young at heart - you deserve to be free of employment discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful discharge, illegal firing and all other unfair labor practices. Workers have rights on the job! I am an employment law attorney who helps whistleblowers, employees who have been discriminated against, those who have experienced unjust retaliation and many other employees get the justice they deserve. Unfortunately, some employers still discriminate against, harass, unlawfully terminate and subject employees to a hostile work environment based on disability, pregnancy, age, race, national original, religion, sexual orientation, exercising FMLA rights, failure to pay overtime and standing up for what is right. Fortunately, federal and state laws protect people against violations of these civil rights. Contact an employment lawyer to learn more.
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