According to Fast Company, employees are beginning to speak up regarding wages, disparities in pay and racist practices. Although illegal, discrimination in hiring and firing, job assignments, promotions, job training, pay and layoffs is still present, leaving you to...
Workplace Discrimination
U.S. Supreme Court extends protections to LGBT workers
Many Californians are already aware of the U.S. Supreme Court decision extending federal legal protections to the LGBT community. On June 15, the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling, held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which protects against discrimination...
Ageism still prevalent in the workplace
Many major industries in California, such as the technology industry, have always geared towards younger workers due to the misconceptions surrounding the technological skills of older workers. These misconceptions have been heightened amid the COVID-19 pandemic and...
National Origin Discrimination in the Workplace
In California and across the US, discrimination can happen in the workplace. National origin discrimination occurs when company employees or job applicants are treated unfairly based on their national origin, ethnicity or accent, or perceived national origin. This...
California court grants certification in equal pay class action
California is known for having some of the most employee-friendly laws in the country, giving employees more protections in the workplace than they would have in nearly any other state. Despite this, gender discrimination is still a common occurrence at the office,...
What to know about disparate impact at work
Employers are not allowed to create workplace policies that have a disparate impact on employees. This is true even if a California company had no intention of discriminating against a protected class of people when creating it. According to Title VII of the Civil...
A greater burden of proof for age discrimination
Workers in California may be more likely to report workplace discrimination based on age, race or sex than other types of discrimination. According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, these are the three most common forms of workplace discrimination...
Women continue to face gender discrimination in STEM
More women are entering programs at California universities focusing on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. In some places, women in some STEM specialties may even outnumber men. These numbers are changing at the undergraduate level after...
Hairstyles are now a protected characteristic in California
California has some of the strongest protections in the country, including with respect to discrimination. Under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, or FEHA, it was already unlawful for employers to discriminate for race, but the definition of race did not...
Numbers for workplace discrimination, harassment yield surprises
Sexual harassment remains a problem in California workplaces. This is true even though the MeToo movement sought to make it easier for those who have been subjected to workplace mistreatment to put a stop to the behavior and be compensated. A recent report shows...