Labor and Employment Law: Civil rights

Our Labor and Employment team handles virtually every type of federal, state and local civil rights charge, including those involving such diverse issues as:

• Alleged discrimination by foreign-owned companies
• Bona fide occupational qualifications
• Class action allegations
• Discrimination because of association
• Disparate treatment and disparate impact evidentiary models of discrimination
• Legality of early retirement incentive plans
• Reverse discrimination
• Race, national origin, sex, age, religion and disability discrimination
• Sexual harassment
• Retaliation

In addition to those cases involving a single claimant, we are experienced in complex nationwide Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Commissioner's charges and major class action litigation.

Examples of the civil rights laws under which we vigorously represent employers are:

• Age Discrimination in Employment Act
• Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
• Post-Civil War Civil Rights Acts (42 U.S.C. Sect. 1981, Sect. 1983, Sect. 1985)
• Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
• Equal Pay Act
• Rehabilitation Act
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• State Human Rights laws

Our Labor and Employment team is also experienced in advising and defending against companies under the public accommodations provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act.