Category Archives: Race Discrimination
Employers Cannot Take A “See No Evil, Hear No Evil” Strategy Towards Racial Harassment
Having represented employment discrimination victims for more than twenty years, our race discrimination lawyers in Sumter County, Florida know that many employers require workers to endure racial harassment as a condition of their employment. Although required by federal employment discrimination law to protect employees from workplace racial harassment, in far too many cases employers… Read More »
What Employees Should Say When Complaining About Workplace Discrimination
Having represented retaliation victims for more than twenty years, our employment lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that many employment discrimination victims mistakenly believe they are protected from retaliation when they complain about unfair treatment or employment-related concerns. Under employment discrimination law, however, employees are only protected from retaliation when they complain about perceived… Read More »
When Does Physical Violence Contribute To The Creation Of A Racially Hostile Work Environment?
Through their decades of experience representing race discrimination victims, our race discrimination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida have learned that a common employment law myth is that physical violence, standing alone, can create a racially hostile working environment. To establish a racially hostile work environment, however, employees must show that the acts of harassment,… Read More »
Delivery Company DHL Ordered to Pay $8.7 Million to Settle Claims of Race Discrimination Brought in EEOC Lawsuit
As a law firm that has been representing victims of racial discrimination in the workplace for over two decades, our employment race discrimination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida, know that employers sometimes discriminate against Black workers by the sorts of tasks they are assigned to compared to their white counterparts. Recently, the Equal Employment… Read More »
Can Employers Fire Employees In Order To Replace Them With An Employee Of A Different Race?
For more than twenty years, our race discrimination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida have fought for the rights of racial discrimination victims. Having decades of experience handling race discrimination claims, our race discrimination attorneys in Inverness, Florida know that many employees are targeted for termination because their employer wants to replace them with an… Read More »
Does Employment Discrimination Law Protect African-American Workers From Being Called A Slave?
For more than twenty years, our race discrimination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida have fought for the rights employees required to work in a racial hostile work environment. Through their decades of experience representing racial discrimination victims, our racial discrimination attorneys in Inverness, Florida know that African-American employees are often subjected to degrading and… Read More »
Can Racial Symbols Create A Racially Hostile Work Environment?
For more than twenty years, our employment discrimination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida have fought for the rights of employment discrimination victims. Through their decades of experience representing employment discrimination victims, our employment discrimination attorneys in Inverness, Florida know that many employees are required to endure racial symbols in the workplace. In the most… Read More »
Hooters Restaurant Sued by EEOC for Race and Color Discrimination
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from making employment decisions based on an individual’s race or the color of their skin, but a recent filing of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) accuses a Hooters restaurant of doing exactly that. Below we discuss the EEOC charge of race and… Read More »
Are Employees Protected From Racial Harassment By Customers?
Having represented racial discrimination victims for more than two decades, our racial discrimination lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that a common employment law myth is that employees have no legal protection from racial harassment by customers. An employment law myth perpetuated by employers who justify their failure to protect employees from racial harassment… Read More »
Does A Supervisor’s Use Of A Racial Slur On A Single Occasion Create A Racial Hostile Work Environment?
Through their years of experience representing employment discrimination victims, our race discrimination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that employees are often required to work under racially discriminatory supervisors. In many cases, supervisors manifest their racially discriminatory animus by using racial slurs in the presence of their subordinates. “[N]o single act can more quickly… Read More »
