Employment & Labor

If a person is fired or refused employment due to his or her race, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, deformity, disability, or other prejudice, that person can successfully sue the employer. In addition, if a person is treated unfairly in their employment, whether being denied a promotion, a raise, benefits, or being physically or emotionally abused because of who they are, they can also successfully sue their employer.

We have recently seen the enactment of new laws that protect people from being mistreated due to disabilities. If an employer denies a person a job or prevents a person from advancing in a job because that person has a disability, the employee can sue the employer. We recently were involved in a case where a young person was initially offered employment after a telephone interview and then denied employment when, at the initial face-to-face interview, the employer discovered that the person was in a wheelchair.

The area of sexual discrimination, both in the workplace and out, has seen significant growth over the last decade. We have represented parties in many cases of sexual discrimination and abuse, which have been successfully resolved.

With the mergers between large corporations comes the merger of a variety of different employment benefit plans, often with conflicting terms. From the 1980s forward, many corporations have "raided" employee benefit plans that were "over-funded" in an attempt to raise needed cash. Such actions generally work against employees. Our firm has successfully handled such cases on behalf of employees.