New York Employment Discrimination Attorneys
What is Employment Discrimination?
Workplace discrimination occurs when an employee suffers unfavorable or unfair treatment due to his or her age, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disabled or veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. This group could also include employees who suffer reprisals for opposing workplace discrimination or for reporting violations to the authorities, otherwise called “retaliation.”
Lax & Neville, LLP, has been very successful in the handling of many employment discrimination claims, including claims for pregnancy, age, sex and HIV discrimination on behalf of investment bankers, traders and other employees in the financial services industry. Contact us today for a free consultation.
Experienced representation for securities industry employees
There are some unique employment law issues in the securities industry, including securities regulatory issues, bonus disputes -- particularly for people who have recently left a firm before payment of the bonus -- and U-5 expungements or licensing issues. For more information about a particular employment law dispute or discrimination, please contact Lax & Neville, LLP for a free consultation.
Federal, New York State and New York City laws prohibit employment discrimination in a number of work-related areas, including:
- Recruiting, hiring, and training
- Job evaluations and promotion policies
- Compensation, salary, and bonuses
- Retaliation
- Disciplinary action
- Sexual harassment
- Whistleblower, including Sarbanes-Oxley
- Discrimination: pregnancy, race, gender, sexual orientation, age, sex
What constitutes sexual harassment?
Federal and state laws also prohibit sexual harassment that involves sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when submission to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual’s employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual’s work performance, or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment.
Our attorneys will file a complaint with the EEOC, follow up with litigation and handle any negotiations on your behalf.
Contact Lax & Neville, LLP, for a free consultation with an experienced securities and employment litigation lawyer. Serving clients nationwide in securities, employment and investment law. Located on the corner of 39th Street & Broadway, New York, NY.
