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Employment Discrimination and Wrongful Discharge

in Employment Discrimination and Wrongful Discharge
Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins litigates claims to protect the rights of employees who have been subjected to unlawful treatment by their employers. Unlawful treatment by an employer can take several forms including discrimination, harassment, and retaliatory discharge. Often, this results in termination, demotion, or similar adverse treatment by the employer. Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins is committed to protecting employees' rights and seeking recovery for damages arising from such unlawful treatment.

New Jersey and Federal law prohibits an employer from discriminating against an employee based on his or her Race; Age; Gender; Handicap or disability; Sexual preference; Ethnic background; or Religious belief.

Unlawful treatment also comes in the form of sexual harassment by the employer--whether it is direct sexual harassment aimed at the employee which is known as quid pro quo harassment, or in the form of general sexual conduct by other employees which alters the conditions of employment and renders the work environment hostile or abusive. This is known as hostile work environment harassment.

The law also prohibits an employer from taking any adverse action against an employee for "blowing the whistle" or refusing to follow orders which would threaten the health of employees or the public or that would violate the law.

The firm's employment attorneys have obtained numerous settlements/verdicts in discrimination, harassment, and CEPA (whistleblower) cases.

DEFENDANT	VERDICT/SETTLEMENT

C.L. King & Associates, Inc.	Gary E. Roth obtained, in a FINRA arbitration, an award of $291,773 plus the expungement and revision of his client’s U5, for a former employee who alleged retaliation for complaining about the refusal to continue accommodating her disability restrictions.
Name Withheld Due to Confidentiality Agreement	Gary E. Roth obtained a settlement of $400,000 from individual management defendants in a whistleblower/breach of contract case; the case is continuing against the corporate defendant.
Name Withheld Due to Confidentiality Agreement	Gary E. Roth obtained a settlement of $175,000 in a case involving the discharge of a client for objecting to acts of age discrimination against co-workers.
Name Withheld Due to Confidentiality Agreement	Gary E. Roth obtained a settlement of $525,000 in a whistleblower case
Name Withheld Due to Confidentiality Agreement	Gary E. Roth obtained an aggregate settlement of $925,000 for four clients, plus reinstatement of employment for three of the four, in a case alleging failure to accommodate restrictions of their disabilities
Name Withheld Due to Confidentiality Agreement	Gary Roth obtained a settlement of $350,000 in race discrimination/whistleblower case
Name Withheld Due to Confidentiality Agreement	Gary Roth obtained a settlement of $255,000 in failure to accommodate/disability discrimination case
Name Withheld Due to Confidentiality Agreement	Gary Roth obtained a settlement of $225,000 in age discrimination case
Name Withheld Due to Confidentiality Agreement	Gary Roth obtained a settlement of $350,000 in pregnancy discrimination case
Name Withheld Due to Confidentiality Agreement	Gary Roth obtained a settlement of $125,000 in whistleblower case
Name Withheld Due to Confidentiality Agreement	Gary Roth obtained a settlement of $150,000 in breach of employment contract case
Name Withheld Due to Confidentiality Agreement	Gary Roth obtained a settlement of $199,000 in whistleblower case
Name Withheld Due to Confidentiality Agreement	Gary Roth obtained a settlement of $500,000 in breach of employment contract case
Name Withheld Due to Confidentiality Agreement	Gary Roth obtained a $500,000 confidential settlement for a former employee who alleged wrongful discharge and breach of contract to pay severance benefits against his former employer
Name Withheld Due to Confidentiality Agreement.	Gary Roth obtained a $295,000 confidential settlement for an employee who alleged unequal pay race discrimination and retaliatory harassment for complaining about the unequal pay against his employer and supervisor.
Name Withheld Due to Confidentiality Agreement	Gary Roth obtained a $250,000 confidential settlement for a former employee who alleged wrongful discharge and retaliatory harassment in a CEPA (whistleblower) case against his former employer and managers.
Name Withheld Due to Confidentiality Agreement.	Gary Roth obtained a $175,000 confidential settlement for a former employee who alleged hostile work environment harassment, retaliation, and wrongful discharge in a sexual harassment case against her former employer and managers.
Name Withheld Due to Confidentiality Agreement.	Gary Roth obtained a $175,000 confidential settlement for a former employee who alleged wrongful discharge and failure to accommodate in a disability discrimination case against her former employer and managers.
Name Withheld Due to Confidentiality Agreement.	Gary Roth obtained a $365,000 confidential settlement for a former employee who alleged wrongful discharge and retaliatory harassment in a race and sex discrimination case against her former employer and manager.
Name Withheld Due to Confidentiality Agreement.	Gary Roth obtained a $400,000 confidential settlement for a former employee who alleged wrongful discharge and retaliatory harassment in a CEPA (whistleblower) case against his former employer and managers.
Name Withheld Due to Confidentiality Agreement.	Gary Roth and David Wikstrom obtained a confidential $650,000 settlement for a former employee who alleged wrongful discharge and retaliatory harassment in a CEPA (whistleblower) case against his former employer and managers.
Name Withheld Due to Confidentiality Agreement.	Gary Roth obtained a $410,000 confidential settlement for a former employee who alleged wrongful discharge from employment based on his race and age.
McGraw-Hill Company	Gary Roth obtained a $1.4 million verdict (upheld after appeals) for a former employee who alleged wrongful discharge and failure to accommodate in a disability discrimination case against his former employer and manager.
ABC City (name withheld due to Confidentiality Agreement)	Rubin Sinins obtained a $400,000 settlement for former department head and his deputy who were wrongfully discharged and brought CEPA claims against the City, the mayor and city administrators.
DEF Company (name withheld due To Confidentiality Agreement)	Rubin Sinins obtained $300,000 in settlements for security officers subjected to a racially hostile work environment.
GHI Company (name withheld due to Confidentiality Agreement)	Rubin Sinins obtained a $250,000 settlement for a former employee subject to a racially hostile work environment and who was discharged in retaliation for complaints about the discrimination
XYZ BOARD OF EDUCATION (NAME WITHHELD DUE TO CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT)	Eric Kahn obtained a $310,000 settlement for a former bus driver fired because she allegedly was physically unable to fulfill her job responsibilities. It was alleged that the plaintiff was wrongfully discharged or in the alternative her employer failed to reasonably accommodate her alleged handicap.

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