Employment Lawyers Fighting Against National Origin Discrimination

New Jersey and New York law both prohibit employers from discriminating against employees based on their national origin.  In other words, it is a violation of your employment law rights if your company treats you worse because of the country in which you were born. 

Many Different Forms of National Origin Discrimination Are Illegal

National origin discrimination can be the result of current or historical tensions between the country where you were born, and the country in which your supervisor or boss, or the owner of your company, was born.  Other times, it can be based on cultural differences.  In other situations, national origin discrimination is based on prejudices or unfair stereotypes about people who were born in a particular country or region.  None of these forms of national origin discrimination should be a basis for employment decisions, and they are all illegal in both New Jersey and New York.

If you have been the victim of national origin discrimination in your workplace, then you also might have experienced discrimination based on your race or color.  We invite you to read more about these claims on our race discrimination and color discrimination pages.

New Jersey and New York City Law Prohibit Discrimination Based on Ancestry

In addition to forbidding national origin discrimination, both New Jersey and New York City’s anti-discrimination laws prohibit discrimination based on your ancestry.  That means that if you work in New Jersey or New York City, it is a violation of your rights for your company to treat you worse because of where your parents, grandparents, or other ancestors came from.

Contact an Employment Lawyer About National Origin Discrimination at Work

If you have been fired, wrongfully terminated, laid off, demoted, skipped for a promotion, harassed, or experienced another form of discrimination based on your national origin, then your employment law rights have been violated.  Call The Nirenberg Law Firm in New Jersey at 201 487-2700, in New York at 212 398-7100, or contact us online to schedule a consultation with an experienced employment law attorney.