Workplace discrimination can be based on race, color, national origin, religious affiliation, gender, age, disability, or military status. If you know or suspect your employer is discriminating against you, a Fort Lauderdale workplace discrimination lawyer at the Law Offices of Randy Fleischer, P.A. can discuss your situation and advise legal options.

Fort Lauderdale workplace discrimination lawsuits

The Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992 applies to employers with 15 or more employees who work for 20 or more calendar weeks during a calendar year. The act also applies to employment agencies and labor organizations.

Under the Florida Civil Rights Act, you can file a complaint with the Florida Commission on Human Relations, which is the state counterpart to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The two commissions work in coordination with each other, and many times complaints are filed with both commissions.

If unresolved, a discrimination lawsuit is usually your next option.

Examples of workplace discrimination

While all forms of discrimination are harmful, because your workplace provides a means of livelihood, employment discrimination is perhaps the most damaging of all. Examples of discrimination in the workplace include unequal treatment through:

• Job termination
• Layoffs
• Downsizing
• Hiring
• Job promotion denial
• Harassment
• Stalking
• Offensive jokes
• Insensitive remarks
• Hostile work environment
• Benefits, pay, or working conditions
• Unfair disciplinary actions
• Employment advertising
• Retaliation for reporting discrimination

Investigating less obvious instances of discrimination

Sometimes it takes the skills of an experienced Fort Lauderdale workplace discrimination lawyer to uncover the truth about discrimination. Hiding under the veil of justified excuses or working conditions designed to make you fail, discrimination may take the form of:

• Setting unrealistic production targets
• Making project deadlines unattainable
• Sabotaging work performance
• Withholding information vital for satisfactory work performance
• Constantly changing work policies or rules
• Assigning demeaning or menial tasks to positions of responsibility
• Giving false reasons for termination, demotion, or layoff

Discovering prejudice may require statistical analysis of employment practices, such as examining hiring trends, and discerning common characteristics of employees who are disciplined, promoted, or terminated.

When we take your case, we are confident about succeeding and generally include legal fees in damages sought.

Contact a Fort Lauderdale workplace discrimination lawyer today

Call 888-814-7891 or contact the Law Offices of Randy Fleischer, P.A. online to discuss workplace discrimination issues today.