Retaliation & Discrimination

Southern New Jersey Retaliatory Discharge and Discrimination Lawyers –

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At McAllister, Hyberg, White & Cohen, P.C., our employment law attorneys have an average of 28 years helping clients throughout New Jersey with employee rights violation issues, including discrimination and retaliatory discharge issues. If you believe you have been the victim of discrimination or discharged by an employer in retaliation for some action, contact our southern New Jersey retaliatory discharge and discrimination lawyers for a confidential consultation.

What Is Employment Retaliation?

Employment retaliation is a complicated matter, but in simple terms, it is when an employer fires you (sometimes referred to as a retaliatory discharge), denies you benefits, or denies you a promotion in retaliation for something you did. In many cases employment retaliation and retaliatory discharge are improper.

Retaliatory discharge or improper employer retaliation can include the following:

• Getting fired for filing a workers’ compensation claim
• Discharge for taking advantage of FMLA benefits
• Being let go for whistle blowing under a New Jersey’s Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA) or federal whistleblower statute
• Public policy retaliation, e.g., a bartender refusing to abide by company policy not card patrons
• Being fired for becoming pregnant

If you believe you may have been improperly fired, been improperly denied a promotion or benefits because of employment retaliation, or the victim of a wrongful termination, then contact our southern New Jersey retaliatory discharge attorneys for a confidential consultation.

What Is Employment Discrimination?

Employment discrimination can take many forms. For example, you can be denied a position, a raise, benefits, or a promotion solely based on extrinsic factors. Discrimination claims can be brought under federal statute (e.g., Title VII, Older Worker Employment Act, or Americana with Disabilities Act - ADA) or state statute (e.g., New Jersey Law Against Discrimination – LAD). Examples of impermissible employment discrimination practices, or wrongful termination, include the following:

• Age discrimination
• Race or racial discrimination
• Sexual orientation discrimination
• Sex or gender discrimination
• Disability discrimination (ADA)
• National origin discrimination
• Pregnancy discrimination
• Religious discrimination

If you believe you have been discriminated against (age discrimination or other discrimination), contact our southern New Jersey discrimination lawyers for a confidential consultation. Discover how we earned our reputation for excellence and our track record of success.

We offer free confidential consultations for personal injury, workers’ compensation, and select employment law matters, and we can handle personal injury, workers’ compensation, and some employment claims on a contingency fee basis (you pay no attorney fees unless we get you compensation) so our interests are the same as yours, to maximize the amount of your compensation.