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Reverse Discrimination in Employment

What You Need To Know If You Suspect You Are The Victim Of Reverse Discrimination At Your Job When most people think of discrimination, they think of people being discriminated against at their job based on race, sex, disability, age, or another protected class. These…

Religious Discrimination At Work

What Does California Law Say About Religious Discrimination At Work? California and federal laws protect employees from discrimination at work based on their religious beliefs. The law requires employers to make “reasonable accommodations” for their employees’ sincerely-held religious beliefs, as well as religious “observances and…

Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Workplace

California Law Prohibits Employers From Discriminating Against Employees Based On Sexual Orientation It has been illegal for employers to discriminate against applicants and employees based on sexual orientation since 2000—the year the Fair Employment andHousing Act (FEHA) was amended to prohibit it.This amendment also provides…

LGBT Discrimination In California

Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity Discrimination In California California’s anti-discrimination laws offer far more protection to employees than the federal laws currently do. This is particularly true in the area of LGBT rights, as California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act, known as “the FEHA,” protects…

How Can the Age Discrimination in Employment Act Protect Me

Protections Under The ADEA Are Different Than Other Anti-Discrimination Laws If you are an older worker, you might have seen yourself passed over for promotion in favor of younger workers or found it more difficult to find a new job if you were laid off from…

How FEHA National Origin Discrimination Law Protects You

California’s FEHA Gives You Important Protections Against National Origin Discrimination At Your Job Although it is illegal to discriminate against employees based on their national origin, this continues to be a problem at California workplaces. It probably should not be a surprise, since California has…

Genetic Discrimination at Work

FEHA’s Genetic Anti-Discrimination Law Gives You More Protection At Work Than Federal Laws On January 1, 2012, the California Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (CalGINA) took effect in California to ban genetic discrimination in employment, housing, mortgage lending, education, and public accommodations. It is an amendment…

Employment Rights for Transgender Employees Under FEHA

If You Are A Transgender Employee, The FEHA Has You Covered Transgender people often feel discriminated against in many areas of their lives—including their jobs. However, on January 2, 2004, California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) was amended to prohibit employment discrimination based on…

Gender Discrimination: Know the Law and Your Rights

Ways Your Employer Could Be Discriminating Against You Based On Your Gender Although it has been illegal to discriminate against a person based on their sex or gender for decades, this continues to be a big problem for employees. Sex or gender discrimination occurs when…

Employer-Provided Leave and Reasonable Accommodation Rights

Your Right To Reasonable Accommodation Of Your Disability In Relation To Leave Time Provided By Your Employer The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) make it illegal to discriminate against people based on a disability both as…

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