Areas of Practice

Employees have a right to not be discriminated against in the workplace. An employer cannot use an employee’s disability, race, age, gender, national origin, religion, or other protected classes, as a factor in determining the terms and conditions of the employee’s employment. Title VII and the Missouri Human Rights Act expressly prohibit sex discrimination, sexual harassment, disability discrimination/harassment, race discrimination/ harassment, national origin discrimination/harassment, age discrimination/ harassment, and retaliation in the workplace. Also, the Missouri Worker’s Compensation Law explicitly makes it unlawful for an employer to discriminate or retaliate against an employee for asserting a worker’s compensation claim or for fear that the employee may assert a worker’s compensation claim. There are also federal and state laws which prohibit employers from taking adverse action against employees for reporting unlawful activity. The attorneys at Murphy, Kinney, & Sumy have experience litigating all of these employment claims and more.