Nobody who doesn’t have a disability can understand the discrimination that people with physical or mental conditions face every day. Even if these people are able to carry out normal day-to-day activities, they’re often treated as 2nd rate citizens, but they do have legal rights.
Consult with employment attorneys
Are you being treated differently at work because of your disability? Disability discrimination can occur in different ways but PA Employment Attorney from the Lacy Law Firm know too well that discrimination in the workplace is illegal.
If you’ve tried to speak to your employer and they’ve ignored you, you can file a charge of discrimination against your employer and your lawyer can represent you in the process. These lawyers are fully clued up on all areas of discrimination.
Whether you have had to deal with gender-, age-, pregnancy or race discrimination, you will always have the best lawyers. They know precisely how to ensure settlement that allows you to transition from this unpleasantness to a happier set-up at work.
Taking action against the employer
When you are facing workplace disability discrimination, it becomes important to meet with a reputable employment lawyer. The lawyer can help you negotiate with your employer to improve your treatment at work or seek compensation for the employer’s illegal actions and unwillingness to change.
If you believe you’ve been unfairly discriminated against, you can seek redress in different federal and local administrative agencies and the courts. Certainly, if the courts find that a work termination was because of unlawful discrimination, the employee is entitled to reinstatement.
Discrimination isn’t only in the workplace
Your age, gender, religion, or color may have caused discrimination and this discrimination doesn’t only happen in the workplace. You may have been denied housing or credit or denied being allowed to eat in a particular restaurant. You can’t be denied a home that is available to everyone else because of your color or culture.
If, however, you believe that you have had your rights violated, collect all the details and documents to support your claim and to show how you’ve been subjected to intentional discrimination.
Support your case with details
When an employee has complaints about discrimination, as an employer, it is best to be understanding to avoid the disgruntled employee from taking the issues to a government agency or to court.
As an employee, decide on which government agency to hand your complaint to. There are several – federal, local, and state agencies that can help.
Where you live can also impact the process but many state and jurisdictions have their own anti-discrimination laws and agencies that enforce these laws. Include details so that the agency can determine if you have a claim and that the law was indeed violated.
Compensatory damages
The employer should always cooperate with government agencies. Try to provide the agency with all the details it requests, even if you know it’s heading toward compensatory damages being awarded to the employee. It may be a good time to hire a lawyer to advise you.
As an employee, the agency will notify your employer that a charge has been filed against them. Your employer may be requested to file a response to this charge. The agency is supposed to explain to you how the process works and is proceeding. Once the investigation is complete, they will discuss the evidence with the employer.
You must remember that the agency can dismiss a charge if they believe that further investigation won’t establish a violation of the law. The agency will then dismiss the claim and then notify you of its decision and also your right to file a lawsuit in court. Some investigations can go on for months and sometimes years.