Workplace Discrimination
What is Workplace Discrimination?
Workplace discrimination
occurs when an employee suffers unfavorable or unfair treatment
due to their 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”. Federal, New York State
and New York City laws prohibit discrimination in a number
of work-related areas, including:
- Recruiting
- Hiring
- Job evaluations
- Promotion policies
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- Training
- Compensation
- Disciplinary action
- Termination
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These
laws also prohibit sexual harassment which 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.
The Partners of LAX & NEVILLE,
LLP, have been very successful in the handling of many
workplace discrimination claims,
including claims for pregnancy, age, sex and HIV discrimination
on behalf of investment bankers, traders and other employees.
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