Yes, states also have laws that protect employees from unlawful discrimination. Many of these state laws are based on the federal laws. For example, Tennessee has an employment discrimination law known as the Tennessee Human Rights Act of 1978. That law was based on major federal anti discrimination laws such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination Act of 1967.
Your lawyer can give you guidance on whether to sue for employment discrimination under a federal law, state law or both. The lawyer can tell you, for instance, whether your state anti discrimination law offers more or less protection than the federal law.
- What are some of the major anti discrimination laws at the federal level?
- Can employers really discriminate against employees for any reason?
- What state passed a law that repealed the employment at will doctrine?
- What are some of the most common types of public policy exceptions to the employment at will doctrine?
- How does a court determine a public policy exception to the at will doctrine?
- How did the employment at will doctrine originate in the United States?
- Can the employee handbook that an employer hands out to you constitute a valid contract that binds the employer?
- What broad categories of workers are not subject to the employment at will doctrine?
- What legal doctrine still provides the baseline rule that employees have little protection in the employment relationship in the United States?
- What is a 341 meeting?
- Is there a way to keep certain property by working out a deal with creditors?
- Are there exemptions under state laws?
- What are exempt assets?
- What is the means test?
- What is a bankruptcy trustee?
- What does it cost to file for bankruptcy?
- What must a consumer do before filing bankruptcy?
- What is bankruptcy?
- Can consumers sue for violations of the FDCPA?
- What other conduct does the FDCPA prohibit?
