Category Archives: National Origin Discrimination
How Employers Attempt To Explain Away A Hostile Work Environment: The Harassment Was “Just Joking”
Through their decades of experience representing hostile work environment harassment victims, our employment discrimination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that employers’ resort to a broad array of disingenuous defenses against hostile work environment harassment claims. In the context of racial and national origin harassment claims, employers invariably contend, even in the most egregious… Read More »
Are Foreign-Born Employees Protected From Hostile Work Environment Harassment?
Having handled employment discrimination cases for more than twenty years, our employment discrimination lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that foreign-born employees continue to endure systemic discrimination. In far too many cases, foreign-born workers experience blatant discrimination in employment decisions, including hiring, promotion, and termination decisions. Foreign-born workers also experience egregious harassment in the… Read More »
Are American-Born Employees Protected From National Origin Discrimination?
Having represented employment discrimination victims for more than twenty years, our employment lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that a common employment law myth is that employees born in the United States are not protection from national origin discrimination. Because of this employment law myth, many employees are unaware that they have meritorious claims… Read More »
Is Telling An Employee “Go Back Where You Came From” A Form of Employment Discrimination?
Through their decades of experience representing employment discrimination victims, our employment lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that many workers not born in the United States experience egregious discrimination based on their race or national origin. In many cases, the abusive behavior employees not born in the United States endure includes being told by… Read More »
Is Telling Hispanic Employees Not To Speak Spanish Evidence Of Discriminatory Intent?
For the past twenty years, our Citrus County, Florida employment lawyers have fought for the rights of employment discrimination victims. Having represented employment discrimination victims for decades, our Inverness, Florida employment attorneys know that employers often instruct Hispanic employees not to speak Spanish in the workplace. In this article, our Citrus County, Florida employment… Read More »
Are Mexican-American Employees Protected From Harassment Because Of Their Mexican Heritage?
For more than twenty years, our Citrus County, Florida workplace harassment attorneys have fought for the rights of employees who have been required to work in a hostile environment. Through their decades of experience representing hostile work environment harassment victims, our Inverness, Florida workplace harassment lawyers know that Mexican-American employees are frequently targeted for… Read More »
Worker Claims Hispanic Employees Targeted For Hostile Work Environment Harassment
Having dedicated their practice to fighting for the rights of employment discrimination victims, our Citrus County, Florida employment attorneys know that Hispanic employees are often targeted for discriminatory harassment. In far too many cases, our Inverness, Florida employment lawyers have learned, supervisors and managers, act as if they believe employment discrimination laws do not… Read More »
Florida Worker’s Claim That He Was Harassed Because He Is Cuban Reinstated On Appeal
Having represented victims of hostile work environment harassment for more than two decades, our Sumter County, Florida harassment lawyers know that employees continue to be targeted for insult, ridicule, and abuse because of their national origin. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), employees are protected from discrimination on… Read More »
Employee Claims Subsidiary Of Japanese Company Unlawfully Fired Him Based On His American National Origin
Having practiced employment discrimination law for more than two decades, our Alachua County, Florida employee rights attorneys know that a common employment discrimination law myth is that individuals who were born in the United States do not fall within the protection against national origin discrimination under the federal anti-discrimination laws. Title VII of the… Read More »
Employee Claims Wrongful Termination Where Supervisor Said She “Knows How To Terminate This Stupid Egyptian Guy”
Having represented employment discrimination victims for more than two decades, our Marion County, Florida wrongful termination lawyers know that discriminatory remarks by supervisors are the most powerful evidence of a discriminatory discharge. As explained by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Dominguez-Curry v. Nevada Trans. Dept., 424 F.3d 1027 (9th Cir. 2005),… Read More »