Employment Discrimination Law

Federal, state, and local statutes, as well as public policy, create protections and entitlements for qualified individuals with mental and physical disabilities. Disability discrimination occurs when an employer treats a qualified employee or applicant individual with a disability…
Learn about disability discrimination

Federal laws entitle eligible employees of covered employers to take an unpaid, protected leave of absence to care for the serious health condition of themselves or the serious health condition of specific family members.
Learn about family medical leave act

Sex or gender discrimination involves treating an applicant or employee unfavorably because of that person’s sex/gender. Sex discrimination also can involve treating someone less favorably because of his or her connection with an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain sex.
Learn about gender discrimination

Federal and state laws entitle eligible employees of covered employers to take an unpaid, protected leave of absence to care for the serious health condition of themselves or for specific family members.
Learn about medical leave discrimination

Federal, state, and local statutes, as well as public policy, prohibit discrimination against employees on the basis of their national origin. An employer cannot treat an employee or applicant adversely because of the employee’s birthplace, ancestry, culture, linguistic characteristics…
Learn about medical leave discrimination

Federal and state statutes make it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against any person because of their sex which is defined to include pregnancy, childbirth, or medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth. Pregnant employees are also entitled to leave for their pregnancy under…
Learn about Pregnancy Discrimination

Federal, state, and local statutes, as well as public policy, define categories of employees who are entitled to equal protection in the workplace. This includes protection for employees based on age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, work related injury, race, color, religion, national origin…
Learn about Race Discrimination

Federal, state, and local statutes, as well as public policy, create protections and entitlements for qualified individuals with mental and physical disabilities. Disability discrimination occurs when an employer treats a qualified employee or applicant individual with a disability unfavorably…
Mental Disability Discrimination

Federal, state, and local statutes, as well as public policy, create protections and entitlements for qualified individuals with mental and physical disabilities. Disability discrimination occurs when an employer treats a qualified employee or applicant individual with a disability unfavorably…
Learn about Physical Disability Discrimination

Federal and state statutes require an employer to provide a qualified employee or applicant with a disability to receive a modification or adjustment to their work environment to enable the individual to participate in the application process or to perform the essential functions of the job…
Learn about Accommodation Discrimination

Many workers believe that the law protects them from any unfair treatment in the workplace. Harassment, however, is illegal only if it is related to specific characteristics defined by federal and state statutes. In California, these protected characteristics include protection for employees…
Learn about Race, Gender, Disability, & Pregnancy Harassment Claims

Federal, state, and local statutes, as well as public policy, define categories of employees who are entitled to equal protection in the workplace. This includes protection for employees based on age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, work related injury, race, color, religion…
Learn about Religious Discrimination

Federal, state, and local statutes, as well as public policy, protect employees from retaliation by employers for asserting protected rights. These protections make it illegal for an employer to treat an employee adversely because he or she engaged in a protected activity.
Learn about Retaliation Claims

Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination which may include varying circumstances including when conduct of a sexual nature which interferes with an employee’s work performance or creates an environment which is hostile or offensive. Sexual harassment may also include inappropriate…
Learn about Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace involves an adverse employment action by an employer because of the applicant or employee’s sexual orientation. Sexual orientation involves an individual’s inclination toward homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality by persons…
Sexual Orientation Discrimination

Federal, state, and local statutes, as well as public policy, generally prohibit discrimination against employees who inform a government agency or in some instances, their own employer, about alleged dishonest or illegal activities of their employer.
Learn about Whistle Blower Claims

California public policy prohibits an employer from discriminating against an employee because he or she suffered a work-related injury, has filed a workers’ compensation claim, or is likely to file a workers’ compensation claim.
Learn about Workers Compensation Claim Discrimination

Federal and state laws entitle eligible employees of covered employers to take an unpaid, protected leave of absence to care for the serious health condition of specific family members. These laws also provide guarantees of reemployment to eligible employees who take their job…
Learn about Family Medical Leave Discrimination

Federal, state, and local statutes, as well as public policy, create protections and entitlements for qualified individuals with medical conditions, including cancer. Disability discrimination occurs when an employer treats a qualified employee or applicant individual with a disability…
Learn about Cancer Discrimination