State and federal law prohibits employers from discriminating against employees or prospective employees based on an individual’s protected characteristics. If your employer has violated your rights by discriminating against you, you deserve financial compensation for the harm you’ve suffered as a result. While the process of seeking this compensation can be a difficult one, it’s also not one you have to go through alone. Instead, turn to an employment discrimination lawyer from Ramage Lykos, LLC, to guide you through your claim and advocate for your rights and interests.
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If you’ve been a victim of employment discrimination, you deserve to seek accountability from your employer. Let an employment law attorney from Ramage Lykos, LLC, advocate for your rights and interests in your workplace discrimination claim because of our:
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State and federal laws prohibit discrimination in employment based on an employee’s or prospective employee’s protected characteristics. Protected characteristics include:
Religious belief
Pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions
Federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination include Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Equal Pay Act, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. Under Pennsylvania law, the Pennsylvania Human Rights Act also prohibits workplace discrimination.
Employment discrimination occurs when an employee experiences an adverse employment action based on the employee’s protected characteristic(s). Examples of adverse employment actions that could lead to a discrimination charge include:
Refusal to provide reasonable accommodations for disabilities, medical conditions, pregnancy/nursing, or sincerely held religious beliefs, practices, or observances
Exclusion from work activities
Workplace discrimination can also occur when an employer takes an adverse employment action against an employee in retaliation for the employee’s complaint about a discriminatory practice, opposition to the employer’s perceived discriminatory practices, or participation in an employment discrimination investigation or claim.
In an employment discrimination action, you may have the right to recover compensation for various losses you incur due to a discriminatory adverse employment action. For example, you might obtain financial recovery for:
Depending on the circumstances of your case, you might also seek injunctive relief from adverse employment actions, such as reinstatement to your job after a discriminatory termination or demotion, grant of a promotion your employer wrongfully denied you, or a court order requiring your employer to provide specific accommodations.
In rare cases, a jury in an employment discrimination lawsuit may award punitive damages if an employer engaged in egregious or malicious discriminatory behavior against an employee or prospective employee.Â
Pursuing a discrimination complaint begins with filing a charge of discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC requires you to file a charge of discrimination within 180 days of the date that the discriminatory act occurred. However, you may have up to 300 days to file your charge of discrimination if a state or local agency in your state or community enforces a state or local law prohibiting employment discrimination on the same basis as federal law.
When you file a charge of discrimination with the EEOC, the commission will investigate your claim and may order corrective action by your employer or impose fines. However, the EEOC may also issue you a right-to-sue letter, which authorizes you to file an employment discrimination lawsuit in federal court. You have 90 days after receiving your right-to-sue letter to file your lawsuit. If you file suit after the 90-day deadline expires, you may lose your right to seek compensation from your employer.
However, suppose you have a sex discrimination claim based on pay disparities. In that case, you have two years from the date you last received a discriminatory paycheck to file a lawsuit asserting an Equal Pay Act claim. You do not have to file a charge of discrimination with the EEOC to pursue an Equal Pay Act claim; however, you must file a charge if you intend to also pursue a Title VII claim in conjunction with your Equal Pay Act claim.
Because of the deadlines that apply to discrimination claims, you can best protect your rights by speaking with an employment discrimination attorney from Ramage Lykos, LLC, as soon as possible after you experience discrimination at work.
After suffering employment discrimination, an attorney from Ramage Lykos, LLC, can help you pursue legal claims against your employer to recover compensation and justice by:
If your employer has discriminated against you, you deserve to seek accountability as well as financial compensation for your losses. Contact Ramage Lykos, LLC, today for a confidential consultation with a Pittsburgh employment discrimination lawyer to discuss your options for pursuing legal action against your employer.
