A Look At Different Types of Workplace Discrimination
Imagine if every day you went to work you felt like you were being unfairly treated because of something you couldn’t change about yourself. For many New York employees, this is their sad workplace reality. Workplace discrimination is illegal but can often be hard to come forward with the situation for fear of losing a job.
I thought I would take a moment in today’s blog and just point out some of the more common New York employment discrimination areas and what they entail. Here we go:
1. Age Discrimination: This occurs when an employer takes an adverse action against an employee because of his or her age. In New York, there are state laws that ensure that any worker over 40 cannot be discriminated against on the basis of their age.
2. Disability Discrimination: Whatever the disability may be, if an employee is fired, not hired or denied career opportunities because of it, there is a legal issue. Also covered under disability discrimination is when an employee is denied reasonable accommodations at work.
3. Race Discrimination: Perhaps one of the more publicized types of discrimination because of its storied history, race discrimination occurs when equal employment opportunities are denied to an individual because of his or her race.
4. Religious Discrimination: Not only can employers not discriminate against an employee on account of their religion but they must also allow for reasonable accommodations for the practice of religion. Amen.
5. Sexual Discrimination: Whether actual or perceived, an employer simply cannot discriminate against an employee because of his or her sexual orientation. If an employer disagrees with their employee’s personal preferences…too bad.
6. Pregnancy Discrimination: Pregnancy discrimination can manifest itself in many forms. If a pregnant woman no longer has her job after maternity leave, there is a legal cause of action. If a woman is denied a promotion because of her pregnancy, there is a legal cause of action. I could keep going, but you get my point.
As you can see, these various types of discrimination have a wide range for abuse depending on the individual and employment situation. One thing they all have in common is their illegal nature.
Here at the Ottinger Law Firm we don’t only represent employees in these various types of workplace discrimination cases, we win. If you feel like you fit into any of these categories, please give us a call.
