Name: Workplace Discrimination
Uploaded: 2017-10-28T06:13:07.000Z
Duration: 2 min 36 s
Description: Thousands of YouTube videos with English-Chinese subtitles! Now you can learn to understand native speakers, expand your vocabulary, and improve your pronunciation...

(narrator) Working  in a fair, supportive environment

Unfortunately, the workplace  can sometimes be

If you're an independent litigant trying to initiate

And knowing the ins and outs  of workplace discrimination laws

is the first step to getting the fairness you deserve.

It is illegal for an employer anywhere in the country

to discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion,

nationality, age, disability, or marital status.

In Florida, you can add people with AIDS or HIV

But before a work discrimination claim can be brought to court,

with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,

or with the Florida Commission of Human Resources, or FCHR,

You have a 365 day time deadline to file with the FCHR,

If either of the agencies don't resolve the issue,

then and only then  can you pursue the claim in court.

A lawsuit making a claim  under federal anti-discrimination laws

must be filed within 90 days of a notice of right to sue

must be filed within one year of the date the FCHR has issued

or four years from when  the discrimination occurred.

Remember that state law claims can be filed in federal court

And that you can bring  both federal and state claims

apply to companies  with at least 15 employees.

But some only apply to companies with at least 20 employees,

unless the discrimination is about paying men and women

For other types of discrimination, however

if you work for a company  with less than 20 employess

for the type of discrimination that happened to you.

Incidentally, claims can be based on discrimination

such as inappropriate interview questions

or position reassignment because of pregnancy, for example.

LegalYou is here  to help you steer your case

LegalYou, where the court room is not just for lawyers.

Subtitles ListPlay Video

Workplace Discrimination

obvious

opportunity

deserve

pursue