LOS ANGELES ATTORNEYS PROTECT VICTIMS OF WAGE DISCRIMINATION: PEOPLE SHOULD BE PAID EQUALLY
Employers are barred by Federal law and State law from discriminating between workers based on age, race, and gender in determining pay for their employees. Where you and your co-worker are doing equal work, of equal skill, in equal positions, you should be paid accordingly, and cannot be paid differently based on your age, race or gender. However, employers don’t always heed this law, and often it goes undiscovered because co-workers do not often discuss their pay among each other.
While not talking about your salary is a common workplace practice, if you discover that you are making significantly less then your co-worker for the same work based on one of the protected categories, you may be the victim of wage discrimination. Worse, you could also be the victim of racial or sexual discrimination in addition to the difference in your wages. While employers often have legitimate reasons for pay differences between employees, this is not always the case when race, age and sex are involved in the equation. A woman may be paid far less than her male counterpart in the workplace, simply because she is a woman. This is discrimination, and it is not supported by the law.
If you feel that you are the victim of wage discrimination in the workplace, call the Law Offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 for your free initial consultation, and information on how our experienced attorneys can protect your legal rights.
