Category: Dallas Employment Discrimination Lawyer

Don’t let them discourage you from hiring a Dallas Discrimination Lawyer

Do you know who “they” are? They are your co-workers, the managers, the human resources personnel, the nay-sayers, the proponents of preserving the status quo and allowing things to go on as they always have. “They” are the men and women who impede progress, intentionally or unintentionally, and allow the unacceptable to be accepted. They are those who tell you to be silent and let it slide, maybe even offering to buy your silence to avoid a scandal. Is that happening to you? Are you letting “them” discourage you from hiring a Dallas discrimination lawyer?

One of the first actions of the guilty when they get caught is to try to cover up the behavior by coercing or bribing the witnesses and victims. In cases of employment discrimination, it may not be the actual offenders who make these offers. A company that hires a manager who then discriminates against an employee is guilty because they are the responsible party, but it’s the manager who committed the offense. You can sue that person directly in some cases, and you can sue the company. The company may offer to settle outside of court to keep you silent. They might even tell you that you don’t need a lawyer.

Do not settle until you talk to Dallas employment discrimination attorney Dan Atkerson. If you do, you may be settling for far less than what you will receive if you go to court. You might also end up signing an agreement that will leave you with no right of appeal later on.  In most cases, you’re letting someone off the hook when you settle and allowing the behavior to continue. If it’s a case of the company wanting to avoid bad press, demand that they terminate the manager who is doing the discriminating. Even if you choose to move on to other employment after the incident, you’ll still want to make sure no one else has to go through what you did.

There are different types of discrimination, and none of them are okay. Race and color discrimination are the two that come to mind first. If you are being held back because of the color of your skin or your national origin, you can contact a Dallas employment discrimination lawyer like Dan Atkerson and seek legal recourse. The practices of discriminatory promoting or hiring are both illegal, and you could be entitled to a financial settlement if you have been the victim of one of them. Many folks who are still struggling to find jobs don’t know that and could be breathing easier right now instead of struggling to survive, well compensated for being the victims of an illegal act.

In this country, all men and women are equal under the law. Unfortunately, some individuals still try to exclude others because they are different. It is not morally right and it’s not legal for this behavior to go on, but it does. Morality is an individual choice, taught to us as children by religious institutions and parents. Legal lessons are taught by the courts when they levy heavy fines and even jail time to those who break the law. Contact Dan Atkerson at (214) 383-3606 or danatkerson@atkersonlaw.com and he’ll explain how we can get you justice for the discrimination you have suffered through.

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categories Dallas Employment Discrimination Lawyer, Dallas discrimination attorney, Dallas employment lawyer | law_attorney August 17, 2011 | comments Comments (0)

Are they using the color of your skin or your accent to hold you back?

Have you noticed that everyone in your department at work in the same color or nationality as you? Do your supervisors and managers share the same skin tone? In the years that you have been with the company, have you ever been offered a promotion to become one of those supervisors or managers? Has anyone in your department? These are disturbing questions, and the answers may not be something you want to look at, but there’s a good chance you are being discriminated against based on your race, color and/or national origin, and so are your fellow workers. Worse yet, if you don’t do anything about it, it will continue.

Discriminatory hiring and promotion practices are still common in the United States. It’s not supposed to be like that, but unfortunately it is. There are a number of companies here in the Dallas area where you can literally see a caste system in place, yet no one does anything about it. It’s almost as if those who are workers are destined to be there and those who are managers are the chosen ones. This sort of medieval thinking is even more common in cases where large groups of workers originate in another country and speak a different language. They’re American citizens, but they’re not treated as such.

The laws in this country forbid that type of discrimination and Dallas employment discrimination lawyer Dan Atkerson can help you do something about it. Don’t feel that, because things have always been that way, they have to stay that way. Civil rights activists fought and died so you could have the same rights every other man and woman has, so don’t be afraid to step up and claim what is yours. If you feel that you are being held back because of the color of your skin or your accent, contact our office today and come in for a consultation. You may just have a case for legal action.

What kind of result can you expect if you take your case to court? A lot of cases like yours never make it that far because the plaintiffs feel like they can’t win. No one wants to be labeled as a trouble-maker and possibly lose their job, but settling for less every day is far worse than either of those. Fighting for what is rightfully yours could not only net you a nice financial settlement, it could improve conditions for you and your fellow workers. There is nothing to fear. If they terminate your employment because you’re suing them, that is illegal retaliation, and it just adds to our case and increases the amount we ask for.

This country has come a long way in the past half century and there’s no question that there are more opportunities available now than there were before, yet some individuals and even entire companies still practice discrimination on a daily basis. If you feel its happening in your workplace, talk to someone there about it. If your pleas fall on deaf ears, contact Dan Atkerson at (214) 383-3606 or danatkerson@atkersonlaw.com.  He’ll make sure they listen.

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categories Dallas Employment Discrimination Lawyer, Dallas discrimination attorney, Dallas employment lawyer | law_attorney August 3, 2011 | comments Comments (0)

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From offices in Allen, Texas, attorney Dan A. Atkerson represents clients in the communities of Addison, Allen, Arlington, Carrollton, Coppell, Flower Mound, Fort Worth, Frisco, Garland, Irving, McKinney, Plano, Richardson, and the Colony, and throughout the DFW Metroplex. He also represents residents of Collin County, Dallas County, Denton County, and Tarrant County, Texas.


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