If you’re a victim of age discrimination in the workplace, not only do you face emotional repercussions, but you also must deal with financial complications as you address the situation. An age discrimination lawyer can protect your rights, helping you seek compensation for your losses. As we cover below, you can often fight for various discrimination damages, including lost wages, litigation costs, and more.
Compensation for Economic Losses
In many workplace discrimination cases, victims face wrongful termination, inadequate pay, unfair hiring practices, and other discriminatory actions that affect their pay. Florida labor laws prohibit employers from discriminating against individuals based on their age, race, gender, and many other characteristics. On a federal level, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission enforces similar employment law provisions outlining discriminatory actions in hiring practices, payments, discipline, the recruitment process, and more.
If your employer breaks these provisions, you can seek compensation for your economic damages, including your countable losses. Common economic damages in age discrimination claims include the following:
Lost Wages
Your age discrimination lawyer can help you correctly quantify the wages you lost due to your employer’s discriminatory actions. You may seek a settlement to cover the following:
- Back pay after being demoted or denied a promotion
- The value of any withheld employee benefits
- Lost wages after being wrongfully terminated
- Costs spent on placement services for finding a new job
Litigation Costs
In many scenarios, you can negotiate a settlement with the EEOC for your losses. Still, you typically must hire legal representation for optimal settlement negotiation. If you cannot settle with the EEOC, you may need to escalate to a lawsuit, which will require additional costs.
Through your age discrimination lawsuit, you can seek compensation for all legal costs associated with the process, including attorney fees, court filing costs, and more.
Medical Costs
You can seek compensation for all economic costs relating to the incident, including therapy visits, new prescriptions, and more. If you develop a mental health disorder because of the traumatic experience, you may need funds to cover the associated costs for treatment.
Compensation for Non-Economic Losses
Your age discrimination lawyer can also help you seek compensation for non-economic losses, such as injunctive relief. If you suffered trauma, mental anguish, pain, suffering, or other significant ramifications from the discriminatory actions, your attorney may include compensatory damages in your claim.
You need exceptional knowledge of the law to quantify damages caused by non-economic discrimination. Your attorney can help you calculate the proper number for your case’s worth based on what you went through, your available evidence, your employer’s insurance maximums, their previous discrimination history, and other details.
You may also seek equitable relief, which is a form of non-monetary compensation, offering support for your journey moving forward. Equitable relief could include recommendation letters for future employers, expunging negative details from your employment record, and more.
How an Attorney Can Help You Seek Maximum Compensation in an Age Discrimination Case
An experienced age discrimination lawyer understands the ins and outs of EEOC laws and can use this knowledge to their advantage when building your case. Your lawyer can conduct a thorough investigation to collect more evidence for your case. For example, they may speak to other employees at your office to determine whether the victims experienced workplace discrimination.
Your attorney handles everything from settlement negotiation to court appearances on your behalf, helping you fight for compensation while you focus on returning to the workforce.
Secure Legal Representation for Your Case Today
If you need an age discrimination lawyer to help you secure compensation, call Mark J. Berkowitz, P.A., today at (954) 527-0570, and let our compassion guide you through the legal process.