{"id":19928,"date":"2016-03-30T09:01:15","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T13:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=19928"},"modified":"2016-03-30T10:05:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T14:05:07","slug":"panel-presents-discrimination-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2016\/03\/30\/panel-presents-discrimination-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Students host presentation on discrimination in the workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by third-year law student Viktoryia Johnson<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19934\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19934\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Speakers-Two-Shot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19934 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Speakers-Two-Shot-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Student introduced speakers Jim Mallue and Gil Singer. Photo by Marissa Marchena.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Student Viktoryia Johnson introduced speakers Gil Singer and Jim Mallue. Photo by Marissa Marchena.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On March 24, Stetson\u2019s student Labor &amp; Employment Law Association hosted a presentation on employment discrimination, titled \u201cFlorida Commission on Human Relations\u2019 Take on Employment Discrimination in Florida.\u201d The speakers, Jim Mallue and Gil Singer, discussed the Florida Commission on Human Relations\u2019 operation and the administrative process available to Floridians who have experienced discrimination in the workforce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe primary functions of the FCHR are to investigate and resolve employment discrimination cases and public accommodation discrimination cases brought under the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992, and housing discrimination cases . . . brought under the Fair Housing Act,\u201d said Mallue.<\/p>\n<p>During his presentation, Mallue discussed the FCHR\u2019s organization and functions and the complaint, mediation, and investigation processes established by the agency. He explained the anti-discrimination protections Floridians enjoy under the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992 and the two avenues\u2014judicial and administrative\u2014Floridians can employ to pursue their causes of action under the Florida\u2019s civil rights statute. Singer explained the FCHR\u2019s appellate review process and his duties as a commissioner.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19937\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19937\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Speaker-Crowd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19937 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Speaker-Crowd-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd gathered to hear speakers Jim Mallue and Gil Singer. Photo by Marissa Marchena.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd listened to\u00a0speaker Jim Mallue. Photo by Marissa Marchena.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mallue is a senior attorney with the FCHR. Prior to joining the FCHR in 1994, Mallue was active in civil rights enforcement on a volunteer basis, serving for a number of years on the St. Petersburg Human Relations Review Board as both board member and board chairperson, as well as serving as a commissioner of the FCHR. Singer is a Florida debt collection attorney and partner in Marcadis Singer, PA. In 2002, Singer was appointed to the FCHR, where he served a four-year term as commissioner. In 2007 and again in 2011, Florida governors reappointed Singer to the same post for two more four-year terms.<\/p>\n<p>Stetson\u2019s Labor &amp; Employment Law Association is planning a similar event next year.<\/p>\n<p>Students interested in learning more or becoming members of LELA should visit the Stetson Labor and Employment Law Association on Facebook. To join LELA\u2019s listserv to receive notifications of future events, and labor and employment law writing competitions and scholarship opportunities, email Viktoryia Johnson, LELA president, at vjohnso1@law.stetson.edu.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the March 24 event at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gpiis03.law.stetson.edu\/media\/on-demand\/lela_032416.mp4\">http:\/\/gpiis03.law.stetson.edu\/media\/on-demand\/lela_032416.mp4<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by third-year law student Viktoryia Johnson On March 24, Stetson\u2019s student Labor &amp; Employment Law Association hosted a presentation on employment discrimination, titled \u201cFlorida Commission on Human Relations\u2019 Take on Employment Discrimination in Florida.\u201d The speakers, Jim Mallue and Gil Singer, discussed the Florida Commission on Human Relations\u2019 operation and the administrative process available to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2001,2019],"tags":[2108,1542,2107,2106],"class_list":["post-19928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-life-news","category-featured-campus-life-news","tag-labor-and-employment-law-association","tag-labor-law","tag-workforce","tag-workplace-discrimination"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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