Workplace Discrimination & Harassment Learn the Different Types
If you are discriminated against in your workplace, then you have an unenviable choice: Do you act to eliminate the employment or the discrimination? While neither is an easy path, even if you decide to seek work elsewhere, the difficulties that discriminatory actions can inflict on a career, finances and emotions often outlast the employment under which they […]
What Are Workplace Discrimination and Harassment, and What Can Employees Do About Them?
Both federal and California laws specifically prohibit discrimination and harassment in the workplace. For example, under California law, employers cannot discriminate against workers on the basis of several protected categories, including “race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, age, or sexual orientation”. Harassment, that is, offering […]
Associational Disability Discrimination In The Workplace
On August 29, a California Court of Appeals, in Castro-Ramirez v. Dependable Highway Express, Inc., recognized a cause of action for associational disability discrimination in the workplace. Castro-Ramirez’s son requires daily dialysis and the evidence showed that the plaintiff was the only family member trained to administer the dialysis. The plaintiff was scheduled to work […]
Transgender Discrimination In The Workplace In California
Transgender discrimination in the workplace has recently made national headlines. This is no new issue for California though. Prohibition of discrimination related to gender expression and gender identity has long been the goal of the golden state. The Department of Fair Employment and Housing has issued a new brochure entitled “Transgender Rights in the Workplace.”
Equal Pay for Women: California’s Fair Pay Act
Governor, Jerry Brown, signed the California Fair Pay Act (SB 358) on October 6, 2015. The new law took effect at the beginning of 2016. The bill is aimed at ensuring equal pay for women in the workplace. It strengthens existing law by getting rid of loopholes that prevent enforcement. It also empowers employees to […]
Justice Department Resolves Sex Discrimination Claim against California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
On April 16, 2014, the Justice Department stated that it had taken part in a settlement contract that, if the court approved it, will answer claims that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) victimized a staff member due to his gender in breach of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. In […]
Sixty-Six-Year-Old Man Given $26 Million in Age Discrimination Claim against Staples
On February 27, 2014, in what a lawyer stated was the biggest reward of its type in Los Angeles legal history, a sixty-six-year-old man was given $26 million by a jury that decided he was victimized and harassed based on his age by his supervisors at Staples. A Los Angeles Superior Court jury considered for […]
California Hospital to Forfeit $975,000 to Resolve Racial Harassment, Discrimination Case
On September 17, 2012, a California hospital had consented to forfeit a $975,000 payment in harassment and discrimination case that claimed the employer produced an aggressive work atmosphere for Filipino employees. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Asian Pacific American Legal Center took legal action against California-based Delano Regional Medical Center in […]
