Lake Charles Gender Discrimination Lawyer

Sex or gender discrimination is all too commonplace in our work environments and the sword can cut against any gender, although the most common form of this type of discrimination is against women in the workplace. Anytime an individual is treated differently than similarly situated peers because of their gender (this can happen overtly or subtly) both Federal and Louisiana state law makes it illegal to discriminate on the basis of gender in regard to hiring, termination, job training, promotion, compensation, or any other form of workplace benefit or privilege.

To remedy the problem of gender discrimination, the United States Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“CRA”), specifically Title VII of the CRA. This massive anti-discrimination law is commonly known simply as “Title 7”. This law makes it illegal to discriminate against someone on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex. The law also makes it illegal to retaliate against a person because the person complained about discrimination, filed a charge of discrimination, or participated in an employment discrimination investigation or lawsuit. The law also requires that employers reasonably accommodate applicants’ and employees’ sincerely held religious practices, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the employer’s business.

In 1997 the Louisiana Legislature re-organized most of the employment discrimination statutes into one consolidated location at La R.S. 32:301 et. seq. This Louisiana statute mirrors the federal law fairly closely.