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Employment Discrimination

 

Schneider Wallace Cottrell Brayton Konecky LLP handles employment discrimination cases.

 

Our attorneys at law are dedicated to ensuring equal rights for all against employment discrimination.

 

Employment discrimination can take many forms.  You may face employment discrimination in hiring because you’re female, or dismissed without cause, or just because you’re over the age of 40.  It is important to recognize that employment discrimination is not only unethical—it’s also against the law.

 

It is important to note what kinds of practices are banned by employment discrimination laws.  Such laws involving discrimination in employment govern hiring and firing; classification of employees; promotions, transfers, and layoffs; job advertisements, recruitment and testing; pay, fringe benefits, and retirement plans; and other terms and conditions of employment.

 

Specifically, the 5th and 14th amendments to U.S. Constitution law restrict the power of federal and state governments to discriminate with regards to employment.  Under the law of the 5th amendment, the federal government cannot deprive individuals of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, which can also be seen as a protection against employment discrimination.    Meanwhile, the 14th amendment bars states from violating an individual’s rights to due process and equal protection—another instance in which employment discrimination would be prohibited by law.  Thus, there is a definite constitutional basis for employment discrimination law.

 

If you think your employer has violated employment discrimination law, please fill out our employment discrimination consultation form and one of our attorneys at law will reply immediately.

 
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