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Category Archives: Race Discrimination
Workplace Retaliation
The main purpose of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was to eliminate unlawful discrimination and retaliation in the workplace. The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was given powers to enforce the laws that make...
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Are English-Only Rules in the Workplace Lawful?
Answer: Depends The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has stated that ‘English-only’ rules for workplace employees violate the law unless they are “reasonably necessary to the operation of the business.” The EEOC...
Read More ›Can An Employer Refuse to Hire an Applicant Based Upon An...
EEOC Answer: Depends The New York State Human Rights Law states that an applicant may not be denied employment or licensure because of his or her conviction record unless there is a direct relationship between the job sought or unless hiring or...
Read More ›What is Unemployment Discrimination?
According to the Pew Research Center, the unemployment rate among blacks is about double that among whites, as it has been for most of the past six decades.Unemployment discrimination occurs when an employer refuses to hire an individual based...
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NYPD Sergeant Files Notice to Sue
New York Civil Rights Attorney Eric Sanders, Esq., of The Sanders Firm, P.C., alleges in a $15 million Notice of Claim filing that the Kings County District Attorney’s Office and the NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau ‘Lack Integrity’ On or about...
Read More ›Female Cop ‘Strikes Back’ Filing $15 Mil. Notice to Sue
New York Civil Rights Attorney Eric Sanders, Esq., of The Sanders Firm, P.C., alleges in a $15 million Notice of Claim filing that NYPD Housing Police Service Area No.: 8 police supervisors actively participated, ratified, condoned or acquiesced...
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