Milwaukee Federal Civil Rights Act Lawyer
You know that you have certain civil rights as an employee in the U.S. Perhaps you suspect you have been unlawfully discriminated against in the workplace as a result of your race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Are your civil rights being violated?
A free initial consultation with an experienced Milwaukee Wisconsin Federal Civil Rights Act attorney will help you determine whether you have a case against your employer. Contact Alan C. Olson & Associates, s.c., for an evaluation of your situation at 262-755-9606.
42 U.S.C. Sec. 2000e-2. – Unlawful employment practices
(a) Employer practices
It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer –
(1)
to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; or
(2)
to limit, segregate, or classify his employees or applicants for employment in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his status as an employee, because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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(m) Impermissible consideration of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in employment practices
Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, an unlawful employment practice is established when the complaining party demonstrates that race, color, religion, sex, or national origin was a motivating factor for any employment practice, even though other factors also motivated the practice.
42 U.S.C. Sec. 2000e-3. Other Unlawful employment practices
(a) It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to discriminate against any of his employees or applicants for employment, for an employment agency, or joint labormanagement committee controlling apprenticeship or other training or retraining, including on the job training programs, to discriminate against any individual, or for a labor organization to discriminate against any member there of or applicant for membership, because he has opposed any practice made an unlawful employment practice by this subchapter, or because he has made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this subchapter.
(b) It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer, labor organization, employment agency, or joint labormanagement committee controlling apprenticeship or other training or retraining, including on the job training programs, to print or publish or cause to be printed or published any notice or advertisement relating to employment by such an employer or membership in or any classification or referral for employment by such a labor organization, or relating to any classification or referral for employment by such an employment agency, or relating to admission to, or employment in, any program established to provide apprenticeship or other training by such a joint labor management committee, indicating any preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination, based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, except that such a notice or advertisement may indicate a preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination based on religion, sex, or national origin when religion, sex, or national origin is a bona fide occupational qualification for employment.
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