Alameda Discrimination Lawyer

Being discriminated against in the workplace leaves employees at a serious disadvantage that is not only challenging to them personally but is also against the law. Employee rights are important for promoting fair workplaces and supporting employees in the process. Alameda discrimination lawyers have the experience, drive, and compassion to skillfully fight for the rights of employees who’ve been discriminated against in the workplace. 

In the State of California

The State of California takes the matter of discrimination on the job very seriously, and as such, it has exacting laws in place that are intended to protect the legal rights of all employees. These include:

• Wage and hour laws that make sure employers provide employees with the pay to which they are entitled
• Exemption status laws that determine when employees are exempt from specific wage requirements

Discrimination can be quite subtle, or it can be overt, but a common mechanism of discrimination is the implementation of wage discrepancies. When an employee doesn’t receive fair pay due to his or her gender, race, or anything else, it is discriminatory.

Identifying Discrimination

In California, discrimination protections are predicated on the protected characteristic – or the protected class – of specific job applicants and current employees. These job applicants and current employees cannot be discriminated against in relation to these protected characteristics or classes, which include:

• The employee’s age (if he or she is over the age of 40)
• The employee’s sex, which includes discrimination based on pregnancy and discrimination based on medical conditions that are gender-based
• The employee’s gender, gender expression, or gender identity
• The employee’s sexual orientation
• The employee’s marital status
• The employee’s race, skin color, or national origin
• The employee’s religion
• The employee’s genetic information or health status
• The employee’s physical disability or mental disability
• The employee’s military or veteran status

Discrimination in the workplace is an ugly practice that should never be tolerated.

Discrimination lawyers Focus on Building Strong Claims

It can be exceptionally difficult to prove discrimination in the workplace, but the results of this type of discrimination tend to be painfully obvious to the employees who experience it. Discrimination lawyers make it their business to engage in all the following critical tasks to help their clients prevail against discrimination on the job:

• Gathering all the relevant evidence, including conducting interviews with witnesses, in order to build strong claims
• Filing solid claims with the involved insurance companies
• Skillfully negotiating with the involved instance companies for just settlements that adequately address the employee discrimination
• Preparing to proceed to trial (in those instances in which the involved insurance refuses to engage in good faith negotiations)

Alameda Discrimination Lawyers Fight Discrimination in the Workplace

The savvy Alameda discrimination lawyers at Minnis & Smallets in Alameda recognize the damage that discrimination on the job can cause and dedicate their impressive practice to skillfully advocating for the legal rights of those clients who’ve been discriminated against. Our seasoned legal team champions employee rights and can be reached for more information here.