When Do I Need a Gender Discrimination Lawyer?

Gender Discrimination

If you feel like your sex or gender identity is preventing you from getting hired, promoted, or has led to your termination, you have rights. The gender discrimination lawyers at Jackson Spencer Law have a track record of obtaining significant settlements and awards for our clients who are victims of workplace discrimination.

To find out if you have a valid claim for gender discrimination, please read on for more information before your free consultation.

Gender Discrimination

If you feel like your sex or gender identity is preventing you from getting hired, promoted, or has led to your termination, you have rights. The gender discrimination lawyers at Jackson Spencer Law have a track record of obtaining significant settlements and awards for our clients who are victims of workplace discrimination.

To find out if you have a valid claim for gender discrimination, please read on for more information before your free consultation.

How to Identify Gender Discrimination

Gender Discrimination in the WorkplaceA gender discrimination lawyer can help determine if gender discrimination or harassment has occurred. While workplace discrimination is not always easy to recognize, there are several red flags that may indicate gender discrimination. These include:

  • being terminated because of gender bias,
  • being selected for lay-off when males in the same or similar position as you were not,
  • pay differences based solely on gender,
  • hiring practices that exclude women, non-binary people, or trans people,
  • policies that are only applied to or enforced against one gender, policies prohibiting gender identification, such as policies against using “they/them” pronouns or identifying yourself as a member of the LGBTQ+ community,
  • preventing trans people from using bathrooms that match their identity,
  • verbal harassment concerning gender-specific traits, and
  • inappropriate or prying questions or comments about medical information, such as:
    • “Everyone knows there’s only two genders, so what do you look like down there?” or other questions about a person’s assigned gender at birth or genetics,
    • “Have you had the surgery yet?”
    • “I can’t wait until your pregnancy boobs come in!”
    • “You’re lucky you have a high voice so you can pass as a girl.”

Gender discrimination claims can be complex, especially when facing your employer’s legal team and an uninformed company. Your employer’s human resources department may try to downplay your concerns or convince you not to file a complaint. This is where it helps to have the guidance and expertise of employees’ rights lawyers on your side.

At Jackson Spencer Law, we offer free, no-obligation consultations to help you determine if you have a claim and maximize your chances of legal success.

How to Identify Gender Discrimination

Gender Discrimination in the WorkplaceA gender discrimination lawyer can help determine if gender discrimination or harassment has occurred. While workplace discrimination is not always easy to recognize, there are several red flags that may indicate gender discrimination. These include:

  • being terminated because of gender bias,
  • being selected for lay-off when males in the same or similar position as you were not,
  • pay differences based solely on gender,
  • hiring practices that exclude women, non-binary people, or trans people,
  • policies that are only applied to or enforced against one gender, policies prohibiting gender identification, such as policies against using “they/them” pronouns or identifying yourself as a member of the LGBTQ+ community,
  • preventing trans people from using bathrooms that match their identity,
  • verbal harassment concerning gender-specific traits, and
  • inappropriate or prying questions or comments about medical information, such as:
    • “Everyone knows there’s only two genders, so what do you look like down there?” or other questions about a person’s assigned gender at birth or genetics,
    • “Have you had the surgery yet?”
    • “I can’t wait until your pregnancy boobs come in!”
    • “You’re lucky you have a high voice so you can pass as a girl.”

Gender discrimination claims can be complex, especially when facing your employer’s legal team and an uninformed company. Your employer’s human resources department may try to downplay your concerns or convince you not to file a complaint. This is where it helps to have the guidance and expertise of employees’ rights lawyers on your side.

At Jackson Spencer Law, we offer free, no-obligation consultations to help you determine if you have a claim and maximize your chances of legal success.

What to Do If You’ve Been Discriminated Against Because of Your Sex or Gender

When employers and colleagues violate anti-discrimination laws, they deserve to be held accountable.

If you are facing discrimination, harassment, or retaliation because of your sex, gender identity, gender expression, or pregnancy status, here are some helpful tips to follow:

  1. Try to remain calm and collected. Even though discrimination is infuriating, cursing or threatening your employer or co-workers (or making a negative post on social media) could potentially hurt your claims.
  2. Keep a written record of incidents of discrimination or unfairness in a notebook that you keep at home. Include details such as date, time, location, and the names of anyone involved – including witnesses. Don’t use company time or equipment to make these notes.
  3. Report discriminatory treatment to your company’s human resources department. In your complaint, use specific language highlighting why you believe you are being discriminated against (e.g. “I’m being discriminated against because I am bisexual”). If your employer has a policy for reporting mistreatment, be sure to follow the policy. If your employer reacts poorly to your report, you may have a claim for retaliation in addition to discrimination.
  4. Finally, contact an employee rights lawyer. An attorney can evaluate whether you have a legal claim, and help improve your chances of a successful outcome.

The gender discrimination lawyers at Jackson Spencer can help workers recover lost wages, emotional distress damages, and other losses caused by the many forms of workplace discrimination, harassment, or retaliation.

When employers and colleagues violate anti-discrimination laws, they deserve to be held accountable.

If you are facing discrimination, harassment, or retaliation because of your sex, gender identity, gender expression, or pregnancy status, here are some helpful tips to follow:

  1. Try to remain calm and collected. Even though discrimination is infuriating, cursing or threatening your employer or co-workers (or making a negative post on social media) could potentially hurt your claims.
  2. Keep a written record of incidents of discrimination or unfairness in a notebook that you keep at home. Include details such as date, time, location, and the names of anyone involved – including witnesses. Don’t use company time or equipment to make these notes.
  3. Report discriminatory treatment to your company’s human resources department. In your complaint, use specific language highlighting why you believe you are being discriminated against (e.g. “I’m being discriminated against because I am bisexual”). If your employer has a policy for reporting mistreatment, be sure to follow the policy. If your employer reacts poorly to your report, you may have a claim for retaliation in addition to discrimination.
  4. Finally, contact an employee rights lawyer. An attorney can evaluate whether you have a legal claim, and help improve your chances of a successful outcome.

The gender discrimination lawyers at Jackson Spencer can help workers recover lost wages, emotional distress damages, and other losses caused by the many forms of workplace discrimination, harassment, or retaliation.

Gender Discrimination Laws

The law defines gender discrimination as the unequal treatment of an individual based solely on gender. This includes gender-based harassment, gender stereotyping, and gender bias against any individual, whether cisgender, transgender, or gender nonconforming.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits gender discrimination in employment. This law protects men, women, and non-binary persons from sexual harassment, which includes unwelcome sexual advances; requests for sexual favors; and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature. The law also prohibits gender discrimination in compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment. Some states (including Texas) have laws that provide similar protections against gender discrimination within the state.

Title VII also prohibits gender discrimination in any aspect of employment, including hiring practices, termination policies based on gender, and retaliation for gender discrimination complaints.

Title VII applies to all federal, state, and local agencies in their capacity as employers. Private entities with 15 or more employees are also prohibited from gender discrimination.

Gender Discrimination Laws

The law defines gender discrimination as the unequal treatment of an individual based solely on gender. This includes gender-based harassment, gender stereotyping, and gender bias against any individual, whether cisgender, transgender, or gender nonconforming.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits gender discrimination in employment. This law protects men, women, and non-binary persons from sexual harassment, which includes unwelcome sexual advances; requests for sexual favors; and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature. The law also prohibits gender discrimination in compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment. Some states (including Texas) have laws that provide similar protections against gender discrimination within the state.

Title VII also prohibits gender discrimination in any aspect of employment, including hiring practices, termination policies based on gender, and retaliation for gender discrimination complaints.

Title VII applies to all federal, state, and local agencies in their capacity as employers. Private entities with 15 or more employees are also prohibited from gender discrimination.

The Gender Discrimination Lawyers at Jackson Spencer Law Are Here to Help

In many cases, victims do not report their experiences because they fear that no one will believe them or take them seriously. Sometimes, it can be intimidating just to talk to someone who you aren’t sure will understand the terminology you’re using, let alone understand what you’ve been through. Having a person on your side that understands not only the law, but how to navigate a culture of gender discrimination, can make a big difference.

At Jackson Spencer Law, our experienced gender discrimination attorneys will ensure your story is heard. If you are facing workplace gender discrimination, we can determine if you have a valid claim, inform you of your rights, and help improve your chances of legal success.

We’re proud of what we’ve accomplished on behalf of our clients and thrilled when justice prevails. We’re committed to achieving justice for workers and we have many success stories of working with victims of workplace discrimination, including:

  • Obtaining a $359,199 settlement for a client who was sexually harassed by their boss over many years
  • Securing a $218,099 settlement for a client who was fired while on an approved FMLA leave to be with her adopted child
  • Winning $240,760 for a female director who was terminated after only 5 months of employment on the purported grounds of job elimination
  • Collecting $195,000 for a client who was fired for supporting a sexual harassment investigation against the company’s CEO

No Guarantee of Results

The descriptions above are intended only to provide information about the activities and experience of our attorneys and are not intended to be a guarantee or assurance of future success in any matter. Each matter described was dependent upon unique facts and circumstances, which are not fully detailed on this website, and should not be relied on to predict the results of any current or future matter.

In many cases, victims do not report their experiences because they fear that no one will believe them or take them seriously. Sometimes, it can be intimidating just to talk to someone who you aren’t sure will understand the terminology you’re using, let alone understand what you’ve been through. Having a person on your side that understands not only the law, but how to navigate a culture of gender discrimination, can make a big difference.

At Jackson Spencer Law, our experienced gender discrimination attorneys will ensure your story is heard. If you are facing workplace gender discrimination, we can determine if you have a valid claim, inform you of your rights, and help improve your chances of legal success.

We’re proud of what we’ve accomplished on behalf of our clients and thrilled when justice prevails. We’re committed to achieving justice for workers and we have many success stories of working with victims of workplace discrimination, including:

  • Obtaining a $359,199 settlement for a client who was sexually harassed by their boss over many years
  • Securing a $218,099 settlement for a client who was fired while on an approved FMLA leave to be with her adopted child
  • Winning $240,760 for a female director who was terminated after only 5 months of employment on the purported grounds of job elimination
  • Collecting $195,000 for a client who was fired for supporting a sexual harassment investigation against the company’s CEO

No Guarantee of Results

The descriptions above are intended only to provide information about the activities and experience of our attorneys and are not intended to be a guarantee or assurance of future success in any matter. Each matter described was dependent upon unique facts and circumstances, which are not fully detailed on this website, and should not be relied on to predict the results of any current or future matter.

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