What We Do
Speaking Up For You
The Centre for Employment Justice represents clients who have been suffered injustice in the workplace. Our clients have been subjected to unfair employment practices, harassment, constructive dismissal, emotional abuse and many other forms of illegal practices while at work. Many have been unfairly passed over for promotion, demoted unfairly and have been denied fair pay. The CEJ seeks to redress these injuries by confronting employers with their wrongdoing and securing compensation for our clients.
While out clients come from all walks of life, we cannot ignore that the preponderance of inequality and unfair treatment in the workplace falls on the shoulders of women of colour. Black and Latin women endure more harassment, are less likely to be encouraged and are denied access to career development on a systemic basis. This happens in both the private sector and within the public sector. From local police forces to the military and from govenement agencies to state houses, women suffer injustice in the workplace. The CEJ is here to stand for these women and use all of the tools available in the law to secure compensation and/or other redress where employers have broken the law.
The Law is on your side
US employment law and civil rights statutes provide comprehensive protection to employees against discrimination and unfair treatment in the workplace. The problem is that far too many people who have been unfairly treated don't or can't fight back. Victims of this kind of abuse suffer symptoms akin to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), not to mention the impact of loss of income. This is against the law.
Our Five Promises
1) We promise to be honest with you. We will give you a full and fair assessment of your case, and more importantly, to carefully ascertain what outcome you truly want.
2) We promise to be on YOUR side. We take cases we think we can win, but we don’t need everything to be perfect, and don’t expect every case to be easy. Sometimes, it takes a commitment to fight, and to stay the course over the long term, to vindicate rights.
3) We promise to keep you informed. The life of a case ebbs and flows. Sometimes it’s very active and you will hear from counsel frequently, sometimes there is not much activity going on, for a variety of reasons.
4) We promise to put in the work. Some cases can settle early and do not require much work. But most cases are not that way. They require an investment of time and best intellectual effort to get a good result for the client.
5) We promise to be transparent. Trust is a key element in an attorney/client relationship. Not only must CEJ rely on candour from its clients, but our clients have the right to know what their counsel is doing on their behalf.
