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Black employees have 4 years to file Section 1983 lawsuits in Florida

02/12/2009

As an employer, you may be used to cases moving quickly through the EEOC and on to court. That’s because employees must file EEOC complaints within 300 days of the alleged discrimination. They then have 90 days after the EEOC dismisses the complaint to file a federal lawsuit. But black employees can also file a lawsuit under another section of the Civil Rights Act.

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