Not all injuries result from accidents. Sometimes individuals are harmed as the result of the intentional acts of others. This usually appears when one is discriminated against as the result of their sex, race, or religion. Sexual Harassment is defined as: unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitutes sexual harassment when submission to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 attempts to achieve equal employment opportunity for all by prohibiting discrimination. Since the Civil Rights Act new federal and/or state laws have been passed to afford protection under discrimination laws based on disability, medical leave, sexual orientation, and pregnancy. Indeed the ripples of the 1964 Civil Rights law continue to expand our horizon of what it means to provide equal employment opportunity for all.
I have handled a number of discrimination and sexual harrassment cases. Don't let people walk over your right to be treated equally, contact me if you need advice on how to proceed. Not every bad act is one of discrimination or harrassment, you will need an attorney that knows the difference. Contact us for a free consultation.