RACE DISCRIMINATION
With the troubling history of racism and racist discrimination in our country, with the new widespread awareness and respect for diversity on the job, and the now widely known rules and regulations to protect employees from discrimination based on race or ethnicity, companies and corporations have no excuses to allow race discrimination or wrongful termination to happen in the workplace. Employees are protected under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as well as many subsequent state and federal laws that prohibit race and ethnicity discrimination, illegal termination based solely on race or ethnicity, and wrongful retaliation.
At Halunen & Associates, we take issues of race discrimination very seriously. Our award-winning attorneys have considerable experience in both state and federal court in race discrimination litigation. If you feel you’ve experienced racism in the workplace, or if you feel you’ve been wrongfully fired or retaliated against based on your race, please do not hesitate to contact our offices immediately. We’re here to assist you in your pursuit of justice.
WHAT THE LAW SAYS:
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects individuals from employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, and national origin. It is illegal under Federal and State Law to discriminate in the terms and conditions of employment (position, pay, title, hours, vacation, etc.) on the basis of a person’s race or color.
Types of Race Discrimination Suits
Disparate Treatment
-The employee is directly discriminated against because of their race/color. Disparate treatment occurs when someone is treated less fairly because of their race, color, descent, national origin, or ethnic origin than someone of a different “race” would be treated in a similar situation.
-Title VII prohibits employment decisions based on stereotypes and assumptions about abilities, traits, or the performance of individuals of a certain racial group. These provisions apply regardless of whether the discrimination is directed at Whites, Blacks, Asians, Latinos, Arabs, Native Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, multi-racial individuals, or persons of any other race, color, or ethnicity.
Disparate Impact
-The employee is indirectly discriminated against because of their race/color. Disparate impact claims under Title VII challenge employment practices that on the surface appear to be neutral in their treatment of different groups, but that in fact fall more harshly on one group than another and cannot be justified by business necessity.
-An example of disparate impact discrimination with respect to race would be statistical evidence of a kind and degree sufficient to show that testing practices for job applications or for promotions in a particular company has caused unreasonable exclusion of African Americans from success.
Contact a lawyer at Halunen & Associates today if you feel you have been the victim of race discrimination, illegal termination based on race or ethnicity, or wrongful retaliation.
If you would like to consult an attorney about your concerns, please phone our Minneapolis or Chicago offices, or fill out our contact form. We would be happy to discuss your situation with a free initial consultation. Stand up for your workplace rights! We’re here to assist you in your pursuit of justice.