Gender Discrimination

What is Gender Discrimination?

New Jersey and federal laws prohibit employers from discriminating on the basis of gender. Gender or sex discrimination occurs when an employer treats an employee unequally based on the fact that the employee is a woman or is a man. Throughout the entire employment process, the policies and practices in the workplace should be equal between both men and women including hiring, compensation, layoffs, promotions, training, working conditions, benefits, and more.

An employer cannot make employee decisions based on gender stereotypes and other assumptions about men and women. The New Jersey gender discrimination attorneys at O’Connor, Parsons, Lane & Noble understand how difficult the decision to bring a discrimination claim against your employer can be and will help you understand all of your options and decide what is best for you. We also understand how sensitive and complex these cases can be for our clients. That’s why we made sure that only the most experienced and skilled gender discrimination lawyers work on these cases.

Some examples of gender or sex discrimination can include:

• Refusing to hire or give promotions to someone based on gender
• Giving benefits to wives of male employees but not to husbands of employees who are women
• Paying a male employee more than a female coworker for a substantially similar position
• Refusing to hire or promote an employee because of his or her family responsibilities
• Refusing to promote a woman because she is pregnant or intends to become pregnant

You should be fully aware that gender discrimination cases are quite hard to prove and win for people with no legal background and experience. What you need is a helping legal hand to win your gender discrimination case. All discrimination cases are unacceptable in the modern world. Your duty to report and fight discrimination based on gender or sex include both your loved ones and your community. When our gender discrimination attorneys help you win a case, then you are sending a strong message to the employers who aren’t treating their employees right. On the other hand, your legal success encourages other employees who may have similar issues you have successfully resolved with our help.

Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.