Race Discrimination

While many believe that race discrimination is no longer a pervasive problem in the workplace, this kind of discrimination persists even today. It is illegal for an employer to discriminate against an employee in the workplace due to the employee’s race and/or national origin.  Federal, New York State, and New York City laws protect employees from discrimination based on their race and/or national origin.  These laws make it illegal to discriminate against an employee because of his/her race when hiring, firing, promoting, of training, or with regard to any other term or condition of employment.

It is illegal for an employer to terminate or mistreat an employee for making race discrimination complaints. Laws are designed to permit employees to complain about age discrimination without fear of retaliation.  An employer that retaliates against an employee for making a race discrimination complaint faces the same damages/penalties that it would face for discrimination.