Grady C. Irvin, Jr., Esq. Joan M. Vecchioli, Esq. William H. Walker, Esq. Bonnie Glover, Esq. In a discrimination case, the person filing the charge must prove the discrimination took place.
Documentation is crucial.
As a larger percentage of the population grows older and works longer, complaints of age and disability discrimination in employment continue to increase. Race and sex were again the only two protected bases of fiscal year 1999 filings in Public Accommodations cases. Civil Rights Enforcement Case statistics are only one measure of the Department's effectiveness as a civil rights agency. The Community Affairs Department touches the lives of people who contact them for service in many ways. In fiscal year 1999, it responded to 4,005 inquiries, completed 392 intakes and conducted several presentations.