PRACTICE AREAS
Disability Discrimination
Discrimination Based On Disability
At times, employees have tremendous challenges to overcome in order to perform their work. This could be a physical handicap (such as a disease, syndrome, or medical condition) or it can be a mental health issue/illness, such as depression or anxiety.
An employer owes their employees reasonable accommodations to assist the employee in performing their job by taking into account and allowing for their personal situation. An employee should never have to fear that a request for reasonable accommodations will lead to any discriminatory treatment by an employer or anyone associated with an employer (including co-workers, supervisors, executives or owners).
The Workers’ Rights Law Group is a leader in advocating for the rights of a disabled worker. Any failure by an employer to reasonably accommodate disabilities is illegal and well below the level of expectation an employee rightfully has. Over the past several years, our attorneys have stepped in to represent clients who were victims in this area and have been instrumental in effectuating change and recovering damages. These types of cases include but are not limited to:
Representing an individual against her employer after she was retaliated against for her disability and for the accommodations she needed in the workplace.
Recovering back pay and lost wages for an individual who was unlawfully terminated while utilizing FMLA leave to treat and manage his disability.
Representing an individual against a large-scale bank after she was denied the accommodations she needed at her home during the quarantine phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Recovering lost wages for an individual unlawfully terminated after his disability manifested into an ‘episode’ while he was at the workplace.
Representing an individual who was antagonized and bullied by his coworkers for the accommodations he needed to perform the essential functions of his role.
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Areas of Expertise
Discrimination and Retaliation
Your employer has absolutely no right to ever discriminate against you based upon who you are. At the core of human decency is the expectation that your actual or perceived race, sex, national origin, religion, sexual preference/orientation, or any other characteristic will never cause you to be treated differently.
Sexual Harassment
An employer owes their employees a workplace that is free from sexual harassment. No one is required to tolerate unwanted sexual advances while they are performing their job duties. Falling victim to touching, uncomfortable or aggressive flirtation, jokes, texts, emails and phone calls that serve no legitimate business purpose are all considered forms of sexual harassment.
Wage Litigation
As an employee you have a right to be paid for all the work you perform for your employer. Often employers cut corners and don’t appropriately pay employees for “pre-shift” work or “traveling from the office to the job site.” Employers often don’t pay for “lunch breaks” but then ask the employee to work through a portion, or all, of their lunch.
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