How Do You Prove Retaliation in the Workplace?
To prove that your employer retaliated against you after you filed a report of harassment, you must gather evidence of your employer’s conduct and calculate the damages you suffered due to this conduct.
To prove that your employer retaliated against you after you filed a report of harassment, you must gather evidence of your employer’s conduct and calculate the damages you suffered due to this conduct.
It’s an unfortunate reality that sexual harassment negatively affects the lives of thousands of people across the United States each year. When an individual experiences sexual harassment in the workplace, they have the right to take legal action against the party responsible for the adverse treatment they experience. However, navigating a sexual harassment claim is…
Expectant mothers have special legal protections in the workplace under California employment laws. The Law Offices of Corbett H. Williams has successfully handled numerous discrimination matters on behalf of employees in Orange County and throughout Southern California. Pregnancy Discrimination Although pregnancy discrimination is illegal under both federal and California law, women commonly experience negative impacts…
If you have a disability are the victim of workplace disability discrimination, you should know that California federal employment laws offer powerful protections. It is unlawful to treat a person with a disability or perceived disability differently than other employees or job applicants. Employers are also required to provide “reasonable accommodations” to enable disabled employees…
FEHA’s New Amendments Require Employers To Create An Anti-Discrimination Policy California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) already provides employees with more protections against discrimination in the workplace than federal laws. These include applying to any employer who employs at least five employees and not having a cap on the compensatory damages for pain and…
The Differences Between Disparate Treatment And Disparate Impact In Employment Discrimination Cases Both federal laws like Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) prohibit employers from discriminating against employees based on a number of characteristics, such as race, gender, religion, or national origin. California residents…
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 your old one. This might have happened if you were…
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 people are treated differently in their jobs because they are a woman or man….
The Basics You Need To Know About Major Laws Prohibiting Employment Discrimination No one wants to be treated unfairly at work, especially if they are hard-working employees giving their best every day. Sometimes people are mistreated because of personality conflicts or incompetent supervisors—unfair but legal. However, other times people are not hired, are paid less,…
What Exactly Is Employment Discrimination And How Is It Proven? Employment lawyers hear it all the time, “my boss discriminated against me.” Often however, what people think of as discrimination and the type of discrimination that violates California or federal employment laws are two different things. When someone feels unfairly treated by a boss or supervisor, or after a termination…
Disability Discrimination: What Is It? If you are an employee in California, be thankful that your state has some of the toughest protections against disability discrimination in the country. Even so, disability discrimination affects thousands of California employees every year. A March 2015 report from the the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH)…
Employees Associated With A Disabled Person Are Entitled To Reasonable Accomodations In an April 4, 2016 decision, Castro-Ramirez v. Dependable Highway Express, Inc., a California appeals court ruled that employers must provide reasonable accommodations for employees who are “associated with” a disabled person. The employee who brought the case needed schedule accommodations to administer his son’s kidney dialysis, was entitled…
DFEH: Employers Must Allow Transgender Employees Access To Restrooms, Showers And Locker Rooms Consistent With Their Gender Identity. California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) has issued new guidelines requiring employers to allow transgender employees access to restroom, shower and locker room facilities that correspond with their gender identity. The DFEH’s director, Kevin Kish, stated…