New Jersey Disability Discrimination Lawyers
Employee Rights Advocates in Northern New Jersey
Workplace disability discrimination is an issue that can significantly impact disabled employees. This type of discrimination affects professional growth and can take a heavy emotional toll. A discriminatory environment can stifle your potential and contribute to a culture of exclusion.
At Green Savits, our seasoned legal team is committed to helping our clients succeed in the workplace. Because we exclusively practice employment law and have done so for decades, we are well-versed in state and federal anti-discrimination laws. Our team includes award-winning professionals who know how to conduct intensive reviews of workplace practices, file civil claims, negotiate settlements, and litigate for your best interests in court.
Request a consultation with a New Jersey disability discrimination attorney at Green Savits. Call (973) 965-8571 or email us on our contact form to get started.
What Laws Protect Against Disability Discrimination in New Jersey?
In New Jersey, several laws protect individuals with disabilities from workplace discrimination:
- New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD): This state law prohibits discrimination based on disability in employment, housing, public accommodations, and other areas. It requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities unless doing so would cause undue hardship.
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): A federal law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs. It requires employers with 15 or more employees to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified employees with disabilities.
Reasonable Accommodation For Those With Disabilities
If you are disabled but can perform the essential functions of your job with an accommodation, your employer is legally obligated to provide you with a reasonable accommodation unless doing so imposes an undue hardship on its business operations.
Examples of reasonable accommodations may include, but are not limited to:
- Modifying facilities
- Modifying work schedules
- Acquiring or modifying equipment
- Reassigning jobs or positions
Interactive Process
While your employer is not required to provide you with the accommodation that you request, it is required to engage in the interactive process to determine what accommodations are necessary.
The interactive process is essentially a fluid process through which employers:
- Obtain necessary information to understand and discuss disabled employees’ needs so as to perform the essential functions of their jobs and
- Discuss possible options to address those needs in terms employees can understand.
Types of Workplace Disability Discrimination
Disability discrimination can manifest in various ways in the workplace, such as:
- Failure to accommodate: Refusing to provide reasonable accommodations, such as flexible work schedules, modified work duties, or assistive technology, to employees with disabilities.
- Failure to engage in the interactive process: Refusing to engage in a good faith interactive process to determine appropriate accommodations.
- Harassment and hostile work environment: Subjecting employees to bullying, harassment, or offensive remarks based on their disability.
- Exclusion and isolation: Excluding employees from social activities or work opportunities due to disability.
- Discriminatory treatment in hiring and promotion: Denying employment opportunities, promotions, or job advancements due to a disability.
- Retaliation: Subjecting employees to adverse actions, such as termination, demotion, or reduced hours, for complaining about disability discrimination.
Disability discrimination can be subtle and difficult to identify. If you believe you have been discriminated against based on your disability, we urge you to consult one of our attorneys to discuss your legal rights and options.
Get in Touch Today
Our New Jersey disability discrimination attorneys have extensive experience in advancing the employer-employee interactive process to promote reasonable accommodations for job performance. We relentlessly fight against all forms of workplace discrimination in New Jersey.
Call (973) 965-8571 or contact us online to consult an attorney about your case today.
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