Fighting Discrimination with Legal Help
Is the disciplinary action against you unfair? You may not have any legal recourse if this is the case. However, there is indeed a legal remedy if it was illegal as well. How do you know this? How do you assess the situation? How and where do you complain? To get answers to such questions, you need to consult an employment lawyer immediately.
Sometimes, the disciplinary action against an employee is similar to that of all others who committed the same offense in the same circumstance. When do you suspect discrimination? If the action against you is more serious in nature than what others experienced in similar circumstances, you may have a ground for suspicion.
Discrimination occurs at the workplace only when the disciplinary action becomes more sever in your case because of a certain 'protected trait'. Acceptable grounds of discrimination in Florida are race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, disability or marital status.
In such a circumstance, do you go ahead and file a lawsuit? No, this is not the right approach to the matter. The first thing you need to do is file a complaint with either the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency, or the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), the state agency.
Note: You have 300 days to file a complaint with the EEOC and one year to do this with DFEH.
You need to choose one of the experienced Florida employment lawyers for an initial consultation, even before you file a complaint with the state or federal agency. This helps make sure you do not provide any statement that may hamper your chances if the conflict reaches a court of law.
If the state/federal agency resolves your dispute, it is a good thing for you. However, in most cases, this may not happen. In such a situation, your employment lawyer requests a Right to Sue letter from the concerned agency. This is an essential for filing a suit at the respective court.
Many a times, individuals facing disciplinary action of a serious nature just because they belong to a specific race or are of a particular nation fear retaliation and do not file any complaint. This is not the right thing to do. Your lawyer would be able to tell you that you need not fear any such action.
As per the federal as well as state legal statutes, no employer has the right to take any retaliatory action if an employee decides to file a case on grounds of discrimination.
Summary: If a disciplinary action against you seems of an unjust nature, and it is so because of a discriminatory practice, you need to consult a competent lawyer to seek justice.
Is the disciplinary action against you unfair? You may not have any legal recourse if this is the case. However, there is indeed a legal remedy if it was illegal as well. How do you know this? How do you assess the situation? How and where do you complain? To get answers to such questions, you need to consult an employment lawyer immediately.
Sometimes, the disciplinary action against an employee is similar to that of all others who committed the same offense in the same circumstance. When do you suspect discrimination? If the action against you is more serious in nature than what others experienced in similar circumstances, you may have a ground for suspicion.
Discrimination occurs at the workplace only when the disciplinary action becomes more sever in your case because of a certain 'protected trait'. Acceptable grounds of discrimination in Florida are race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, disability or marital status.
In such a circumstance, do you go ahead and file a lawsuit? No, this is not the right approach to the matter. The first thing you need to do is file a complaint with either the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency, or the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), the state agency.
Note: You have 300 days to file a complaint with the EEOC and one year to do this with DFEH.
You need to choose one of the experienced Florida employment lawyers for an initial consultation, even before you file a complaint with the state or federal agency. This helps make sure you do not provide any statement that may hamper your chances if the conflict reaches a court of law.
If the state/federal agency resolves your dispute, it is a good thing for you. However, in most cases, this may not happen. In such a situation, your employment lawyer requests a Right to Sue letter from the concerned agency. This is an essential for filing a suit at the respective court.
Many a times, individuals facing disciplinary action of a serious nature just because they belong to a specific race or are of a particular nation fear retaliation and do not file any complaint. This is not the right thing to do. Your lawyer would be able to tell you that you need not fear any such action.
As per the federal as well as state legal statutes, no employer has the right to take any retaliatory action if an employee decides to file a case on grounds of discrimination.
Summary: If a disciplinary action against you seems of an unjust nature, and it is so because of a discriminatory practice, you need to consult a competent lawyer to seek justice.
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