Discrimination
Employment Discrimination laws seek to prevent
discrimination based on a variety of biases, including race, sex, religion,
physical disability, and several others. Discriminatory practices that are
against the law include bias in hiring, promotion, job assignment, termination,
compensation, and various types of harassment.
In California, the State Constitution and the Fair
Employment and Housing Act (Cal.Gov.Code § 12940) prohibit discrimination
in employment. The Department of Fair Employment and Housing enforces
California’s laws against discrimination and harassment. The federal
government has promulgated several laws that prohibit discrimination at work.
For further information on the topic of workplace discrimination, please visit
www.fightdiscrimination.net.
Harassment / Hostile Work Environment
Harassment at work can take many forms, including
unwanted sexual advances, offering employment benefits in exchange for sexual
favors, making or threatening reprisals after a negative response to sexual
advances, leering, making sexual gestures, displaying of suggestive objects or
pictures, cartoon or posters, making or using derogatory or racial comments,
epithets, slurs, and jokes, verbal sexual advances or propositions, verbal
abuse of a racial, sexist or sexual nature, graphic verbal commentaries about
an individual's body or race, sexually or racially degrading words used to
describe an individual, suggestive or obscene letters, notes or invitations,
physical conduct: touching, assault, impeding or blocking movements. Certain
kinds of harassment may be challenged in a lawsuit.
In California, a victim of harassment must complain to
the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
(http://www.dfeh.ca.gov/) or the United States Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (http://www.eeoc.gov/) before bringing a civil suit. It is important
that you consult with a legal professional before taking action because strict
deadlines and pleading rules apply to such claims. For further information on
the topic of workplace harassment, please visit
www.fightsexualharassment.com.
The following forms of discrimination and harassment
are illegal:
If you are fired for complaining of such
discrimination or harassment, you may bring an action for wrongful termination.
If you were the victim of the discrimination and harassment, you may also make
those claims in your wrongful termination lawsuit.
For a free consultation about wrongful termination with
an experienced employee rights attorney, contact David Spivak:
- Email
David@FightWrongfulTermination.com
- Call toll free (877) 277-2950
- Visit The Spivak Law Firm, 9454 Wilshire Blvd., Ste
303, Beverly Hills, CA 90212
- Fax (310) 499-4739
The Spivak Law Firm is a full service employee rights
law firm. David Spivak and his team are proud to represent aggrieved employees
like you in the following matters:
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