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Sex Discrimination & Harassment

Sex Discrimination & Sexual Harassment

New York and New Jersey Sex Discrimination Attorneys
 

Sex discrimination and sexual harassment can happen to persons of either gender. The sex discrimination lawyers at Zatuchni & Associates represent any worker who has suffered sex discrimination or sexual harassment in their workplace. Contact the law office of Zatuchni & Associates to speak to a New York or New Jersey sex discrimination attorney. Our goal is to help you find financial recovery and justice through the legal system.

Sex Discrimination

Sex discrimination, or gender discrimination,has many of the same characteristics as race discrimination. It is unequal opportunity and economic discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Some example of sex discrimination cases we’ve handled include:

• Female managers getting paid less than men in a comparable position, in violation of the Equal Pay Act
   
• Women executives experiencing a glass ceiling in a workplace where you cannot get promoted above a certain level
   
• Sales women given the worst territories or not paid on the same commission rate structures as men
   
• Women workers being held to a different standard than men in the workplace; getting written up for offenses when men are not, given worse office space, or subjected to different schedules

Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment comes in two equally damaging forms. The first is a straight forward demand that you sleep with the boss, or strong suggestions that you provide sexual favors or else you’ll be demoted, fired, or have your hours cut or changed.

Many foreign female workers are subjected to this type of treatment because their supervisors think they can get away with it due to the female employee’s immigration status. Some immigrant female employee think that they have no legal recourse. THIS IS NOT TRUE. U.S. labor law protects all workers—legal and illegal immigrant workers are protected.

A hostile work environment is also sexual harassment. This happens when an employee must suffer with lewd comments, sexual passes from coworkers, pornography that is visible in the work environment, even physical groping. Gay and lesbian workers often encounter sexual harassment of this sort.

Retaliation

If you were fired, given worse work hours, demoted, or lost income because you complained about sex discrimination, a hostile work environment, or sexual harassment, you may have a claim against your employer for unlawful retaliation. Contact a New Jersey or New York sex discrimination attorney at Zatuchni & Associates if you are facing abuse or retaliation. You have rights in your workplace.

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