Employment Discrimination

Laws exist to protect you from discrimination in the workplace based upon your age, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, a pregnancy or a disability or perceived disability.

Employers may not discriminate against employees in matters involving:

• hiring and firing;
• promotion, demotion or transfer;
• compensation;
• assignment or classification of employees;
• layoff, reduction in force (RIF) or forced retirement;
• job advertisements and recruitment;
• testing;
• use of company facilities;
• training and apprenticeship programs;
• retirement plans, health/medical and fringe benefits; or
• disability leave and severance.

If you believe that you are being treated unfairly or differently from others, or are being harassed because of your age, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, pregnancy or a disability or perceived disability, your rights may be violated and you may be entitled to compensation.

Landmark Discrimination Case

We are proud and privileged to have participated in a landmark discrimination case which had a considerable impact in the field of employment law.

In 1987 we represented an attorney who was terminated from his job due to an AIDS disability. It was the first such case of its kind and later became one of the basis for a major motion picture.

The case opened the door to establishing the viability of AIDS disability discrimination in New York under the New York State Human Rights Law. We are especially proud of this case because it advanced the cause of all similarly situated employees in the workplace.

If you believe that you are the victim of workplace discrimination, we would be pleased to meet and discuss your concerns with you. Please call us at (212) 425-4250 or contact us online.