Pennsylvania Americans With Disabilities Act Lawyer With Offices in Paoli, Radnor, Plymouth Meeting, King of Prussia, Exton and Philadelphia
At the Gallagher Law Group, Experienced Philadelphia Disability Lawyer John A. Gallagher advises employees on Americans With Disability Act discrimination claims. To learn whether a claim for Americans With Disability Act discrimination might be right in your situation, Contact our office in Plymouth Meeting or five other Greater Philadelphia locations.
We approach Americans With Disability Act discrimination claims from the perspective of long experience with both employee claims and the presentation of management's defense. We know how to position your case in such a way as to reduce or eliminate the power imbalance between an individual employee and a major corporate employer.
Our streamlined litigation tactics can bring the important issues in your case into focus quickly. In many situations, we can resolve a contested case within six months.
We Handle the Full Spectrum of Employment Discrimination Claims for Individuals in Communities Such as Paoli, Valley Forge, Chesterbrook, Chester Springs, Devon, Glenhardie, Waynesborough and Sugartown
Two types of situations often require legal guidance – seeking a reasonable accommodation and being treated in a discriminatory fashion due to a disability or perceived disability.
In many instances, an employee with a disability requires a reasonable accommodation in order to perform his/her job. Reasonable accommodations can include technological devices that help a person lift, see, speak or hear better. If you are having a problem obtaining such an accommodation, call us and we can provide assistance.
The main issue in an Americans With Disability Act discrimination case in Pennsylvania usually involves the reason why an employee was terminated or otherwise treated unfavorably on the job. Our job as your employment attorney is to show that the "official" reason for your dismissal or demotion was a mere pretext to cover up prohibited discrimination. Americans With Disability Act discrimination claims frequently fall into one of the following fact patterns:
Reductions in force that target a specific employee with a disability;
Termination of an employee with a disability on the false grounds of poor performance;
Failing to promote or choosing to demote an employee with a disability on the false grounds of poor performance;
Failing to a person with a disability the same amount of compensation as non-disabled workers performing similar functions
Firing, demoting an employee in retaliation for making a complaint to management that he/she felt they were being targeted or treated unfairly because of his/her disability.
Firing, demoting or failing to promote an employee in retaliation for seeking a reasonable accommodation.
Philadelphia Labor Lawyer Specializing in Representing Individuals in Discrimination Claims
When we examine potential Americans With Disability Act discrimination claims, we usually focus on “comparators,” employees who were retained or promoted even though their performance and experience would suggest that they should not have been retained or chosen for promotion. We also focus on whether there has been a recent change in the supervisor of the affected employee, and whether any comments had been made to the employee that suggested that his/her disability was affecting the way he/she performed the job.
ADA disabilities often implicate other rights arising under Unemployment Benefits, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, FMLA and Wrongful Discharge. We also have a reliable network of attorneys to whom we refer Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability claims. We often work in conjunction with those attorneys to insure that all of your rights are protected.
The sooner you contact a lawyer to review the circumstances of your potential Americans With Disability Act discrimination case, the better. Your bargaining power is strongest while you still have your job, but we can also advise people who have been fired, denied severance or whose unemployment benefits have been denied.
To learn more about our experience with employment discrimination claims in Chester County, Montgomery County or Delaware County, Contact an attorney at Gallagher Law Group.