| Employment Discrimination |
The act of excluding a minority from equal opportunities when seeking employment, promotions, compensation, termination as well as all types of harassment. Areas of employment discrimination include age, national origin, physical ability, religion, and sex.
The FEHA is the principal California statute prohibiting employment discrimination covering employers, labor organizations, employment agencies, apprenticeship programs and any person or entity who aids, abets, incites, compels, or coerces the doing of a discriminatory act. It prohibits employment discrimination based on race or color; religion; national origin or ancestry, physical disability; mental disability or medical condition; marital status; sex or sexual orientation; age, with respect to persons over the age of 40; and pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. The FEHA also prohibits retaliation against for opposing any practice forbidden by the Act or for filing a complaint, testifying, or assisting in proceedings under the FEHA.
Equal employment opportunity requirements are meant to prohibit discrimination against employees or applicants based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or economic status and apply to hiring practices, employer/employee relations, and business opportunity. These requirements apply as soon as PJs and their partners begin the procurement process for new contractors.
Examples of discriminatory practices in employment include the following:
- Harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or age;
- Retaliation against an individual for filing a charge of discrimination, participating in a discrimination investigation, or opposing discriminatory practices;
- Employment decisions based on stereotypes or assumptions about the abilities, traits, or performance of individuals of a certain sex, race, age, religion, or ethnic group, or individuals with disabilities; and
- Denying employment opportunities to a person because of marriage to, or association with, an individual of a particular race, religion, national origin, or an individual with a disability. Title VII also prohibits discrimination because of participation in schools or places of worship associated with a particular racial, ethnic, or religious group.
Employment Discrimination Lawyer Referral 800 723-1391
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