At the Law Office of Jeffrey A. Goldberg, our Austin employee discrimination lawyer has the skills and experience to protect you against unfair, discriminatory and retaliatory practices in the workplace. We handle every employment law claim with personalized attention and the highest level of professionalism. If you or someone you know was the victim of workplace discrimination, we are more than ready to help. To request a free, strictly confidential case evaluation with a Texas Board Certified Labor and Employment attorney with extensive experience representing employees and executives, please contact our law firm today.
We Handle the Full Range of Workplace Discrimination Claims
Every employee should be evaluated on their experience, qualifications, and contributions—not on preconceived stereotypes. Unfortunately, employment discrimination and retaliation remain a serious problem in Central Texas and throughout the United States. At the Law Office of Jeffrey A. Goldberg, we are committed to fighting for fairness in the workplace. Discrimination is not acceptable. Our Austin employment attorney handles the full range of discrimination claims, including:
- Race Discrimination;
- Color Discrimination;
- National Origin Discrimination;
- Gender Discrimination;
- Sex Discrimination;
- Age Discrimination;;
- Disability Discrimination;
- Pregnancy Discrimination;
- Religious Discrimination; and
- Military Status Discrimination.
Employees are Protected Under State and Federal Laws
In Texas, employees are generally employed “at will”. This means that an employer may terminate your employment at any time for essentially any reason. An employer is not required to even give you a reason for termination. Similarly, you have a right to leave or quit a job, with or without a reason. Thus, an employer may terminate you, or you can leave—with or without reasons.
Even though a Texas employer may terminate your employment at any time for any reason [at will], an employer may not terminate you for illegally motivated reasons. Employees do have a broad range of legal protections from termination or retaliation. Those legal protections stem from State and Federal laws designed to protect employees from being unlawfully discriminated against, retaliated against or terminated.
When employees are denied promotions, demoted, written up, or terminated, an employer may be motivated by reasons that violate State or Federal law.
Employees and executives do have legal rights and protections under State and Federal law.
Discrimination is prohibited under a wide range of state and federal labor and employment laws. The primary federal law barring workplace discrimination is Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. You also have additional protections from other federal laws such as the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) or the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Additionally, Texas state law, specifically Chapter 21 of the Texas Labor Code, provides employees and executives similar protections against workplace discrimination. Our Austin, Texas labor and employment lawyer has the skills and knowledge to help you navigate state and federal discrimination laws.
A great experience, great insight, and a pragmatic conversation. I've worked with Jeffrey on a couple of employment contract questions I have had and quite appreciated his thoughts and insights. Would absolutely recommend!
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How Board Certified Labor and Employment Attorney Jeffrey A. Goldberg Can Help
As a Board Certified Labor and Employment attorney, Jeffrey A. Goldberg advocates for employee and executive rights and has over 30 years of legal experience. Our entire legal practice is dedicated to representing employees and executives in employment law. We have handled and litigated a wide range of employment discrimination claims and we are ready to use our experience to protect your legal interests. Our Austin employee discrimination lawyer will:
- Conduct a free, comprehensive case evaluation of your discrimination claim;
- If the attorney is able to represent you, then he will be able to answer your questions and explain the employment claims process; and
- Take legal action to protect your rights and get you justice.
We are selective in the number of cases we take on so that we can provide personal attention to each and every client. Our Austin employee discrimination attorney will put in the time and resources to get you the best possible outcome.
How Can You Prove Discrimination
Many times employees or executives believe they may have been discriminated against, but the challenge is ultimately proving that discrimination, retaliation or termination actually took place. Evidence in proving discrimination took place may include:
- repeated statements by a supervisor or manager regarding your age, race, gender, religion, or pregnancy ;
- treating other employees better than you and those employees may be younger, or a different race or gender
- or, treating you worse by writing you up, suspending you or terminating you for similar disciplinary infractions
- making inappropriate jokes, comments or statements about an employee or executive’s race, age, gender, religion, pregnancy;
- sending inappropriate text messages or Facebook posts that relate to an employee or executive race, age, gender, religion or pregnancy.
There are many ways to prove discrimination, but you need lawyer Jeffrey A. Goldberg, the experienced Board Certified Labor and Employment Austin attorney to help you evaluate your case and fight for your legal rights.
Contact Our Austin Employee Discrimination Attorney Today
At the Law Office of Jeffrey A. Goldberg, our Austin, Texas employee discrimination lawyer has the skills, knowledge, and energy to protect your rights and get you results. If you or your loved one was the victim of workplace discrimination, you need a reliable attorney on your side. To set up a no cost, no obligation free case evaluation, please contact our team right away or call us at 512-598-4147. We represent employees and executives in Austin and throughout all of Central Texas in State and Federal Court, and in Arbitration