Category Archives: Race Discrimination
Proving A Racially Discriminatory Discharge When Other Employees Not Fired For Worse Behavior
For more than twenty years, our Inverness, Florida attorneys for racial discrimination victims have represented Florida employees who have been discriminated against because of race. Through their decades of experience representing race discrimination victims, our Citrus County, Florida lawyers for racial discrimination victims know that disparate treatment is the most common form of race… Read More »
Can Racial “Code Words” Create A Racially Hostile Work Environment?
For the past twenty years, our Marion County, Florida racial harassment lawyers have fought for the rights of Florida employees who have been required to work in a racially hostile work environment. Having extensive experience representing racial harassment victims, our Ocala, Florida racial harassment attorneys know that employees are often subjected to racially charged… Read More »
Employee Alleges Racially Discriminatory Firing After Customer Demanded His Termination
For the past twenty years, our Sumter, Florida racial discrimination lawyers have fought to protect and vindicate the rights of Florida employees who have been discriminated against because of race. Through their extensive experience representing racial discrimination victims, our Wildwood, Florida racial discrimination attorneys have learned that employers often terminate employees based on incidents… Read More »
Are Workers Entitled To Quit After A Single Incident Of Racial Harassment Involving Racial Slurs?
For more than two decades, our Citrus County, Florida racial discrimination lawyers have fought for the rights of Florida employees who have been required to work in a racially hostile work environment. Having represented racial harassment victims for more than twenty years, our Inverness, Florida racial discrimination attorneys know that employees subjected to racial… Read More »
EEOC Resolves Racial Harassment Lawsuit Claiming Employees Were Subjected To Racial Slurs
On August 21, 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a press release announcing that it has entered into a Consent Decree to settle a racial harassment lawsuit against Air Systems, Inc. (ASI). On November 18, 2019, the EEOC filed the case, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Air Systems, Inc., Case… Read More »
Race Discrimination Lawsuit Claims Worker Was Targeted For Discharge Because Of His Race
Having represented Florida race discrimination victims for more than twenty years, our Marion County, Florida race discrimination victims’ lawyers have learned that the most common form of race discrimination is disparate treatment. As explained by the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Ortega v. Safeway Stores, Inc., 943 F.2d 1230 (10th Cir. 1991),… Read More »
Wrongful Termination Case Where Employee Endured Racial Slurs & Physical Threats Survives Dismissal
Having litigated race discrimination cases in Florida courts for more than two decades, our Marion County, Florida race discrimination lawyers know that employees are often fired for alleged behavior that employers ignore when done by employees of another race. An employer’s different treatment of employees who are not members of the same race is… Read More »
Are Employees Protected From A Racially Discriminatory Workload?
Having represented racial discrimination victims for more than twenty years, our Citrus County, Florida race discrimination lawyers know that employees are often targeted for discriminatory racial abuse by assigning them a disproportionately heavy workload relative to employees of another race. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), employees are… Read More »
Employee Claims Unlawful Firing When She Was Subjected To Racist Remarks By Decision-Maker
Having represented employment discrimination victims for more than two decades, our Marion County, Florida unlawful termination lawyers have learned that discriminatory remarks by employees involved in the decision to fire an employee are the most powerful evidence of a discriminatory termination. Although not required to prove discrimination, discriminatory remarks by employees involved the termination… Read More »
Court Rules That Employee Subjected To Racial Slurs Worked In Racial Hostile Work Environment
Having litigated employment discrimination cases for more than twenty years, our Marion County, Florida employee rights attorneys know that employees continue to be subjected to racially offensive language in the workplace. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) protects employees from race discrimination in the workplace, including racial harassment. Racial… Read More »