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Race Claims
Race & color discrimination — hiring, pay, promotion, discipline, and harassment.
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Get a free evaluationRace & color discrimination — hiring, pay, promotion, discipline, and harassment.
Browse all 48 state guidesSex & gender discrimination, including sexual harassment and unequal treatment.
Browse all 48 state guidesPregnancy, childbirth, and related accommodation denials under state & federal law.
Browse all 43 state guidesDisability and medical-condition accommodation in the workplace.
Browse all 46 state guidesDisability protections and sick-leave rights, state by state.
Browse all 46 state guidesRetaliation for taking job-protected family & medical leave.
Browse all 51 state guidesOff-duty political activity and speech protections where they exist.
Browse all 11 state guidesRetaliation for reporting workplace safety & health violations.
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Get a Free EvaluationFiling deadlines, the agency you file with, and the protections available all vary by state. Some claims go to a state agency, others to a federal one like the EEOC or OSHA.
It depends on the claim and the state — often the EEOC or your state's fair-employment agency for discrimination, OSHA for safety whistleblower claims, or the Department of Labor for wage and leave issues. Each state-and-claim guide names the right agency.
Deadlines are short — often 180 days, extended to 300 days in many states. Each state-and-claim guide lists the specific deadline.
Yes. The EEOC, OSHA, and the Department of Labor let you file and be represented without an attorney, and Thurgood can represent you through an Authorized Justice Practitioner.
Race, gender, pregnancy and medical accommodation, disability and sick-leave, FMLA retaliation, OSHA whistleblower, and political-speech claims — mapped state by state.