Employment discrimination claims have become common
place in the New York work place. Terminated employees who fall into a “protected
class” retaliate against their former employers by alleging that their
firing was based upon factors other than performance. The former employee/plaintiff
claims that their former employers/defendants violated Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000, 42 U.S.C 1981, the New York Executive Law,
the Human Rights Law and §290 of the N.Y.C. Administrative Code. The allegations
strike at the heart of one's sense of fairness and equity. Often, the former
employers/defendants do not have documentation to support their recollections
of the former employee/plaintiff's poor performance. As such, a defendant may
have difficulty persuading a New York City jury that it's reason for termination
was not merely a pretext for discrimination.
At Connors & Connors P.C. we are sensitive to the difficulty in defending employment
discrimination claims. At the earliest opportunity we seek, through experienced
investigations, to identify and interview all persons with knowledge of the
plaintiff’s allegations in an effort to build a defense based upon
neutral witnesses to be called at trial. We also encourage our clients to perform
a critical self analysis to determine if discoverable documents support the
reason for the plaintiff’s termination .