Category Archives: Race Discrimination
EEOC Resolves Racial Harassment Lawsuit Claiming Employees Were Subjected To Racial Slurs
On August 21, 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a press release announcing that it has entered into a Consent Decree to settle a racial harassment lawsuit against Air Systems, Inc. (ASI). On November 18, 2019, the EEOC filed the case, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Air Systems, Inc., Case… Read More »
Race Discrimination Lawsuit Claims Worker Was Targeted For Discharge Because Of His Race
Having represented Florida race discrimination victims for more than twenty years, our Marion County, Florida race discrimination victims’ lawyers have learned that the most common form of race discrimination is disparate treatment. As explained by the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Ortega v. Safeway Stores, Inc., 943 F.2d 1230 (10th Cir. 1991),… Read More »
Wrongful Termination Case Where Employee Endured Racial Slurs & Physical Threats Survives Dismissal
Having litigated race discrimination cases in Florida courts for more than two decades, our Marion County, Florida race discrimination lawyers know that employees are often fired for alleged behavior that employers ignore when done by employees of another race. An employer’s different treatment of employees who are not members of the same race is… Read More »
Are Employees Protected From A Racially Discriminatory Workload?
Having represented racial discrimination victims for more than twenty years, our Citrus County, Florida race discrimination lawyers know that employees are often targeted for discriminatory racial abuse by assigning them a disproportionately heavy workload relative to employees of another race. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), employees are… Read More »
Employee Claims Unlawful Firing When She Was Subjected To Racist Remarks By Decision-Maker
Having represented employment discrimination victims for more than two decades, our Marion County, Florida unlawful termination lawyers have learned that discriminatory remarks by employees involved in the decision to fire an employee are the most powerful evidence of a discriminatory termination. Although not required to prove discrimination, discriminatory remarks by employees involved the termination… Read More »
Court Rules That Employee Subjected To Racial Slurs Worked In Racial Hostile Work Environment
Having litigated employment discrimination cases for more than twenty years, our Marion County, Florida employee rights attorneys know that employees continue to be subjected to racially offensive language in the workplace. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) protects employees from race discrimination in the workplace, including racial harassment. Racial… Read More »
Employee Claims Racial Harassment Where Hispanic Employees Were Given Worst Job Assignments
Having practiced employment discrimination law for more than two decades, our Marion County, Florida employee rights attorneys know that employees are frequently discriminated against on the basis of race through discriminatory job assignments. For example, employers will require members of a particular race to perform the worst job duties or work the least desirable… Read More »
Race Discrimination Case Sent To Jury Where Manager Used Racially Derogatory Phrase “You People”
Having represented discriminatory discharge victims for more than twenty years, our Alachua County, Florida race discrimination lawyers know that employees are often subjected to racially derogatory phrases, such as referring to employees who are members of a protected race class as “one of them,” “all of you,” and “you people.” When an employee who… Read More »
Employee’s Wrongful Termination Claim Survives Dismissal Where Owner Made Racial Remarks
Having litigated wrongful termination cases for more than twenty years, our Citrus County, Florida wrongful termination lawyers know that company owners frequently make discriminatory remarks reflecting that their employment decisions are the product of unlawful discrimination. Company owners seemingly make discriminatory remarks in the workplace because, among other reasons, they are not restrained by… Read More »
Court Finds Racial Hostile Work Environment Where Racial Remarks Made In Employee’s Presence
Having represented racial discrimination victims for more than two decades, our Gainesville, Florida race discrimination lawyers know that a common employment law myth is that an employee must be the specific target of incidents of racially harassing conduct in order to prove that he or she worked in a racial hostile work environment. However,… Read More »
