Gilroy & Napoli are Employment Discrimination attorneys in Washington County, Oregon. If you have been the victim of discrimination in the workplace, you may be entitled to damages.
Gilroy & Napoli have practiced law in Washington County for years and are familiar with civil process to ensure your case is properly handled. Contact us for help with your Washington County Employment Discrimination case.
In Oregon, employment-based discrimination is generally not actionable unless it falls into one of the following categories:
Additionally, it is also unlawful to discriminate against an employee based on his or her sexual orientation. For an employee to prevail on an employment discrimination claim, the employer must usually take some tangible action against the employee, such as a termination or demotion.
Federal and state employment laws are designed to protect worker's rights. If you feel an employer has violated these laws, please call the law offices of Gilroy & Napoli as soon as possible. There are deadlines to file claims and lawsuits in many of these types of cases.
Oregon Law and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 not only protects individuals against employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or religion, but also protects employees against retaliation.
Washington County employees have a right to be free from retaliation for their opposition to discrimination, or their participation in an EEOC and Bureau of Oregon Labor and Industries proceeding, by filing a charge, testifying, assisting, or otherwise participating in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under Title VII. An employer may not fire, demote, harass or otherwise "retaliate" against an individual for filing a charge of discrimination, participating in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposing discrimination.
In addition to the protections against retaliation that are included in all of the laws enforced by EEOC, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) also protects individuals from coercion, intimidation, threat, harassment, or interference in their exercise of their own rights or their encouragement of someone else's exercise of rights granted by the ADA.
Under Oregon and Federal law, in addition to the above described protections, a Washington County employee is also protected against retaliation for engaging in what the law refers to as "whistleblowing." Generally speaking, an employer cannot take adverse employment action against an employee who reports employees or employers for engaging in unlawful conduct. Examples of such complaints include but are not limited to: wage and hour violations, unsafe working conditions, or violations of financial reporting.
If you feel you have been a target of retaliation or need whistleblower protection, please call our legal offices at 503-620-9887 for a free phone consultation. These are time sensitive cases, so call Gilroy & Napoli now!