Houston Discrimination Dispute Attorneys
Reputable & Talented Litigators Handling Your Case
Our team of employment law litigators is committed to providing employees and employers with top-notch legal representation in a wide range of discrimination disputes. Whether you are an employee who has suffered discrimination due to your race, age, gender, sexual orientation, or your company has been accused of facilitating discrimination in the workplace, Stephens Reed & Armstrong, PLLC can handle your case and fight to protect your best interests.
We are familiar with both sides of employment discrimination disputes, which gives our legal professionals unique insight into these matters. Whether your goal is to recover compensation or to protect the reputation of your brand, we have the extensive resources you need to craft a strong legal strategy to pursue justice.
Examples of Discrimination in the Workplace
Our legal team in Houston handles the following types of employment discrimination cases:
- Race Discrimination: This form of discrimination can include derogatory remarks or racist epithets, grooming policies that unfairly target a particular race, or only allowing people of a certain race to be promoted to certain positions. Learn more about race discrimination.
- Religious Discrimination: It is illegal to discriminate against an employee because of their religion. This includes taking disciplinary action against an employee for requesting reasonable accommodation for religious holidays or banning religious garbs that wouldn’t interfere with crucial job duties.
- Age Discrimination: Workers can face discrimination based on their age, which is why the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the Texas Labor Code make it illegal for employers to discriminate against an employee because of their age. Under these laws, employers cannot fire, demote, or affect an employee’s benefits based on their age.
- Gender Discrimination: Employers cannot implement workplace policies that statistically affect one gender over another and must pay male and female workers the same wage for the same work performed under similar conditions. Learn more about gender discrimination.
- Disability Discrimination: The Americans with Disability Act (ADA) and the Texas Labor Code protect employees from discrimination based on a perceived disability. Employers cannot fire, demote, or affect an employee’s benefits due to a disability.
- National Origin Discrimination: Employers cannot discriminate against an employee based on their national origin or citizenship status. This includes terminating, demoting, or affecting an employee’s benefits because of their national origin.
- Pregnancy Discrimination: Employers cannot treat an employee differently because they are pregnant. Pregnancy discrimination can take many forms, including refusing to hire or firing a woman because she is pregnant.
