Discrimination comes in many forms, and all forms are unlawful. The Law Offices of Christina M. Coleman has extensive experience in all types of discrimination. Following are some common examples of discrimination.
Disability discrimination: An employee with a disability—temporary or permanent—must be afforded reasonable accommodations if required so the employee can continue working. An employer cannot refuse to hire someone or terminate someone who can perform the essential functions of a job without or without a reasonable accommodation. A disabled worker is entitled to an interactive process and reasonable accommodation, including time off, modified schedules, equipment, and many other options. An employer cannot force a disabled worker to take unpaid leave while they recover, nor require the worker to be 100% healed before returning to work. If your employer is not accommodating your disability, or has subjected you to an adverse employment action, such as termination, demotion, pay cut, suspension, forced leave of absence, the Law Offices of Christina M. Coleman can help!
Age discrimination: Age discrimination against individuals who are 40 years of age or older prohibited under California and Federal law. Under these laws, an employer cannot fire, refuse to hire or subject an individual to adverse treatment at work simply because the individual is 40 years of age or older.
Gender or Sex discrimination: Gender bias exists in several forms in companies. If you are being deprived of earning opportunities because your employer thinks the opposite gender can perform the jobs better, if you are being paid less to do the same job as your opposite gender counter-part with similar qualifications, treated differently because your employer thinks that it is the opposite gender’s “role” to take care of family members, then you might be a victim of gender discrimination. Sexual harassment is also an unlawful form of sex discrimination, whether it be in the form of demands for sexual favors, misogyny (hatred/contempt of women and girls), misandry (hatred/contempt of men and boys), or any many other forms of vile and offensive conduct based on sex and/or gender.
Pregnancy Discrimination and violation of the Pregnancy Disability Leave Laws: California and Federal laws protect against discrimination due to pregnancy and/or pregnancy-related disabilities. Workers are protected by a variety of laws, including the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), California’s Pregnancy Disability Leave Laws (PDLL), and the federal Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Not only must an employer accommodate pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions and disabilities, including protected leave, but cannot retaliate against en employee for having exercised its rights under these laws.
Race/National Origin Discrimination: Discrimination against workers based on their race and/or national origin is prohibited under California and Federal laws. An employer may not treat you differently based on the color of your skin, your accent, your birthplace, or anything related to these characteristics.
Religious Discrimination and Denial of Accommodation: Not only is discrimination against workers based upon their religion prohibited under both California and Federal laws, California laws require the employer to explore any available reasonable alternative means of accommodating the religious belief or observance of the employee, including the possibilities of excusing the person from those duties that conflict with his or her religious belief or observance (such as observance of Sabbath or other religious holy days and religious dress practices), or permitting those duties to be performed at another time or by another person. An employer also may not retaliate against an employee for asking for such an accommodation.