Employment Lawyers in Charleston, West Virginia

The West Virginia employment lawyers at DiTrapano, Barrett & DiPiero, PLLC fight tirelessly to protect employees from acts of discrimination in the workplace. Employers who make decisions based on factors other than merit alone deserve to be questioned and held accountable. If you believe you were unfairly discriminated against, it is important to seek help from an experienced West Virginia labor law firm.

Types of Discrimination

Employee treatment and decisions about hiring, promotion, termination, compensation, or demotion based on any of the following factors is illegal:

• Disability—Under the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), employers may not discriminate based on physical or mental disability. Employers are also required to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified disabled individuals.

• Age—Individuals over the age of 40 are protected from unfair treatment and harassment per the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

• Sex—Decisions based on gender are illegal, whether they involve outright exclusion of women from the workplace, unequal pay for equal work performed, or more subtle discrimination such as inadequate healthcare benefits for women employees.

• Race—Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protects employees from unfair treatment based on skin color, including direct harassment, racial slurs, segregation, or withholding career advancement.

• National Origin—It is illegal to discriminate against individuals based on birthplace, culture, ethnicity, citizenship, language, or accent.

• Religion—It is against the law for employers to discriminate based on religious, philosophical, or moral and ethical grounds. Political beliefs are not included.

• Pregnancy—When an employee is terminated, pressured to quit, or passed over for a job or a promotion because she is pregnant, it is a violation of federal law.

• Marital Status—Unfair treatment or harassment based on marital status, whether married, divorced, widowed, single, or in a domestic partnership, is unlawful.

Time limits exist for filing discrimination suits, so it is important to contact a West Virginia labor lawyer as soon as possible to discuss your case.

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The employment law attorneys at DiTrapano, Barrett & DiPiero serve clients in Charleston and throughout West Virginia.  Contact the firm online or call 304-342-0133 today. The firm operates on a contingency fee arrangement.