When seeking a strategy to attack damages in a litigation, defense lawyers make it their mission to use anything and everything at their disposal to strengthen the case of their client. In today’s digital age, this means taking to the web and using a wide range of internet resources, which can include access to a […]
Category: Race Discrimination
Ways Illegal Immigrants Are Discriminated Against
If you are an undocumented immigrant working in New Jersey and have suffered racial discrimination, you may have an employment law case. According to federal and New Jersey state law, a business or government agency is not allowed to discriminate against you based on race. If you think that you have been illegally discriminated against, […]
Race Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Suit Against Queens McDonalds
This past summer, two employees of a McDonalds located in Queens, New York, filed a lawsuit against their employer, alleging both sexual harassment and racial discrimination. Both employees, who are black women, allege that their supervisor, a white man, inappropriately touched them and made remarks that degraded them based on their race. This case, Harris, […]
What to Do After Being Racially Discriminated Against in the Workplace
Over the years, the American workforce has become increasingly diverse, and subsequently has benefited from the experience and perspectives of a multitude of people with different life stories. Despite this progress, however, the specter of racial discrimination in the workplace can still appear. Although racial discrimination has been made explicitly illegal under various state and […]
Missed Promotion Due to Race
Sylvia Clayton was clear to her employer. She wanted a promotion to Master Cashier. Over the course of several years, she was constantly told to be patient. Multiple managers told her they were working on her promotion. After her company promoted others instead of her, she eventually sued for racial discrimination. Her case recently survived […]
Racial Discrimination in the Workplace: What You Need to Know
The Panasonic Lawsuit The laws against racial discrimination allow victims to fight back against racial discrimination to obtain some measure of compensation and justice. Last summer, three African-Americans in senior positions with the Panasonic Corporation of North America sued the electronics giant. They asserted the company had permitted a policy of discrimination for decades that […]