Job Discrimination

Under Federal law, there are many job protections afforded to individuals employed in private workplaces. These protections are designed to prevent job discrimination.

For example, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), it is illegal to discriminate in any aspect of employment, including:

• Hiring and firing
  
  
• Compensation, assignment, or classification of employees
  
  
• Transfer, promotion, layoff, or recall
  
  
• Job advertisements
  
  
• Recruitment
  
  
• Testing
  
  
• Use of company facilities
  
  
• Training and apprenticeship programs
  
  
• Fringe benefits
  
  
• Pay, retirement plans, and disability leave or other terms and conditions of employment

Discriminatory practices under these laws also include:

• Harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or age
  
  
• Retaliation against an individual for filing a charge of discrimination, participating in an investigation, or opposing discriminatory practices
  
  
• Employment decisions based on stereotypes or assumptions about the abilities, traits, or performance of individuals of a certain sex, race, age, religion, or ethnic group, or individuals with disabilities
  
  
• Denying employment opportunities to a person because of marriage to, or association with, an individual of a particular race, religion, national origin, or an individual with a disability. Title VII also prohibits discrimination because of participation in schools or places of worship associated with a particular racial, ethnic, or religious group

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits not only intentional discrimination, but also practices or policies that result in discriminating against individuals because of their race, color, national origin, religion, or sex.

Do not be intimidated or fearful if you have an issue related to your pay. You have legal rights and options that exist to protect you, the employee.

At the law firm of Gilman and Pastor, we pride ourselves on offering experienced legal counsel to employees nationwide.

Contact us for a Confidential Consultation to protect Your Employment Rights.

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