It will depend on what damage you incurred as a result of the discrimination.
ADDED: . . . . AND, what kind of (and how much) damages you are asking for, AND what the jury thinks of your claim of discrimination.
The average settlement is a couple hundred thousand dollars. This is for suits which have been proven to be solid discrimination law suits. If it is done by a bigger company, you could win millions.
Basically it means that there is no set amount of money attributed to the 'injury/harm' done to the plaintiff. Whereas pecuniary would indicate a specified amount of money has been set by the existing law relating to the offense.
yes, gender discrimination is Federal law
In 1994, Rodney King was awarded $3.8 million in a civil lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles for the police brutality incident in 1991.
yes
Harold S. Lewis has written: 'Civil rights law and practice' -- subject(s): Civil rights 'Employment discrimination law and practice' -- subject(s): Law and legislation, Discrimination in employment 'Civil rights and employment discrimination law' -- subject(s): Law and legislation, Discrimination, Discrimination in employment
That would be a civil law suit. Most jurisdictions have a reasonable length of time assigned to bring suit. It varies from 2 to 5 years and may be tolled in your state or country based on other factors.
Sandra Fredman has written: 'Women and the law' -- subject(s): Sex discrimination against women, Law and legislation, Housewives, Sex discrimination in employment 'Women in labour' -- subject(s): Working mothers, Child care, Family, Parental leave, Maternity leave, Employment, Women 'Discrimination law' -- subject(s): Discrimination, Law and legislation 'Discrimination law' -- subject(s): Discrimination, Law and legislation
you get fined one percent of your total income a year
Evelyn Ellis has written: 'Sex discrimination law' -- subject(s): Law and legislation, Sex discrimination against women, Sex discrimination in employment, Equal pay for equal work 'EC sex equality law' -- subject(s): Law and legislation, Sex discrimination, Equal pay for equal work, Sex discrimination in employment 'Public law of the European Community' -- subject(s): Public law, International law 'EU Anti-Discrimination Law (Oxford European Community Law Series)'
mayan, zapotec, and montel
Richard Townshend-Smith has written: 'Discrimination law' -- subject(s): Law and legislation, Sex discrimination, Race discrimination 'Labor law in Great Britain and America'
If they have court ordered liens against your assets, yes, they can.