Long Beach Disability Discrimination Attorneys

What Is Disability Discrimination?

What Is Disability Discrimination Did you suffer discrimination in your workplace? Although some people might be quick to deny that discrimination is a problem in the workplace, workplace discrimination continues to be a problem – and the employees who have continuously been discriminated against in the workplace can attest to that.

There are many different types of discrimination, which are all based on protected personal characteristics. One of the most common types of workplace discrimination is disability discrimination. Disability discrimination is a type of discrimination that is specifically based on a person’s disability – whether physical or mental. Unfortunately, too many employees are treated unfairly by their employers. Were you subjected to disability discrimination in your workplace? Did your employer discriminate you in any way due to your disability? If so, you might have grounds to take action against your employer.

Disability Discrimination is Illegal

You cannot be discriminated in the workplace based on your disability. You are protected by all of the following state and federal laws:

The Fair Employment and Housing Act

The California Family Rights Act

The Americans with Disabilities Act

The Family and Medical Leave ActYou have rights in the workplace. No employer can subject you to unfair treatment based on your disability. You must exercise your rights to hold your employer accountable for their unfair actions against you.

What Can You Do?

Many employees who have been subject to disability discrimination fail to take action against their employers for two reasons: (1) they are unaware of their rights; (2) they don’t know how to take action against their employers. As a Californian employee, you have a few options available to you after suffering disability discrimination in your workplace.

Consider the following three points:

Employees subject to disability discrimination have the option of pursuing a discrimination claim against their employers through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a federal employment agency.

Employees subject to disability discrimination within the state of California have the option of pursuing a discrimination claim against their employers through the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), a state employment agency.

Employees subject to disability discrimination have the option of pursuing a civil lawsuit against their employers, given that they are granted the right to sue from the EEOC or the DFEH.

Disability Discrimination Lawyers For more information about the multiple options available to you after suffering disability discrimination in the workplace, do not hesitate to contact the experts at Long Beach Labor Attorney as soon as possible. Our employment lawyers are ready to evaluate your claim and provide you with all the information that you need to fight for your rights as an employee and hold your employer accountable for the discrimination to which you were subjected.

Are You Limited by Deadlines?

Employees have the right to take action against their employers in the case of disability discrimination and any other form of discrimination; however, it is possible for employees to lose this right – if they fail to act within the appropriate length of time.

What deadlines apply to your disability discrimination claim?

EEOC claims must be filed within 300 days (applicable to Californian employees).
After granting the right to sue, the EEOC allows only 90 days for civil claims to be filed.
DFEH claims must be filed within 1 year.
After granting the right to sue, the DFEH allows only 1 year for civil claims to be filed.

Our disability discrimination lawyers are ready to provide you with all the information that you need regarding the deadlines that apply to your claim.

Contact Long Beach Labor Attorney Group today to benefit from our free consultations.