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If you believe you’ve been discriminated against in the workplace, and employment discrimination lawyer can help you prove your claim. But before you visit an employment lawyer, it’s important to know what protections you have in your state. In this post, we’ll go over the classes protected in Missouri.

National Employment Discrimination Protections

Certain protections are available in all 50 states. Under federal labor laws, employers can’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, citizenship status, disability, genetic information or religion. They can’t discriminate based on age if an individual is 40-70 years old. Discrimination based on sex is also against the law. That includes factors like pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions.

If you feel like you’ve been denied employment or terminated for any of these reasons, you have grounds to contact an employment lawyer.

Missouri Employment Discrimination Protections

Missouri State law prohibits discrimination for all the national factors, as well as a few extras. Employees in Missouri can’t be denied employment or terminated based on physical or mental disability, AIDS or HIV status, or off-duty tobacco use.

However, not all businesses are large enough to be covered by employment discrimination regulations.

Is Your Business Covered?

Federal Law covers all companies with 15 or more employees under Title VII (which prohibits employment discrimination), the Americans with Disabilities Act (which protects disabled employees from discrimination) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (which prevents discrimination for genetic information).

Age discrimination is prohibited for companies with 20 or more employees by the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act. Immigration discrimination is prohibited in companies with four employees or more.

All companies must pay employees equally regardless of sex under the Equal Pay Act.

The only rule specific to Missouri is that companies with six or more employees are all subject to state anti-discrimination laws.

Employment lawyers can be a great asset if you need more information about employment law in your state.
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