Plaintiff seeks to recover actual, compensatory, liquidated, and punitive damages for discrimination based upon discrimination concerning his disability. Plaintiff submits a request to the court for lost salary and benefits, future lost salary and benefits, and compensatory damages for emotional pain and suffering.
Discrimination For Religion In Queens
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New York has a rich history of religious diversity, a tradition conceived in our nation's Bill of Rights and enshrined by laws that protect everyone's right to practice their faith freely.
Furthermore, New York State is the fifth most religious state. Only Louisiana, Mississippi, Utah and North Dakota have a higher proportion of religious adherents.
New York has a rich history of religious diversity, a tradition conceived in our nation's Bill of Rights and enshrined by laws that protect everyone's right to practice their faith freely.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees and job applicants from discrimination based on religion. Title VII also requires employers to reasonably accommodate the religious practices of an employee or prospective employee, unless doing so would create an “undue hardship” on the employer.
Under both federal and California law it is illegal for employers to discriminate against employees or applicants based on their religion. These religious discriminaiton laws protect against treating a worker or an applicant differently because of their religious beliefs.
Contact the NYC Commission on Human Rights at (212) 416-0197 or use this online form to report your case. Whether in employment, housing, or places of public accommodation, if you have faced discrimination because of who you are, let us know about it. You can even do it anonymously!
Reasonable accommodation in California also includes job modifications that enable religious employees to exercise their beliefs. This can include scheduling changes for religious observances or holidays or allowing workers to pray at work during a break, in a private area or at regular intervals throughout the day.
Religion or belief discrimination is when is when you are treated differently because of your religion or belief, or lack of religion or belief, in one of the situations covered by the Equality Act. The treatment could be a one-off action or as a result of a rule or policy.
FBI data shows that in every year since 1991, Jews were the most frequent victims of religiously motivated hate crimes.
If you win your case, you are eligible to recover income you would have earned had there been no discrimination. For instance, if you made a salary of $85,000 per year, and were terminated because of your religious beliefs, you could be awarded $85,000 for every year you couldn't find work.