WHAT IS JOB DISCRIMINATION IN CALIFORNIA? WHAT IS A PROTECTED CATEGORY?
While CA labor law supports the employee, this does not mean everything your employer does that you might not like can be considered discrimination. Your employer must be discriminating against you on the basis of a "protected category" for the discrimination to be illegal. Such protected categories include race, religion, age, nationality, sexual orientation, and gender. Every CA employee is protected by at least one category, as gender is one of them, and many people fall into more than one protected category.
The types of discrimination that are illegal in the CA workplace are described in statutes. This means that if the category of the discrimination isn't in a statute, then you, the employee, are not protected from that particular form of job discrimination. An experienced employment lawyer can help you determine if you have been the victim of on the job discrimination.
If you are a CA employee who believes you are or have been the victim of discrimination at your job, call the knowledgeable employment attorneys at Greenberg & Rudman LLP. Our skilled legal team knows CA employment law. Call the Law Offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) NOW for a free consultation regarding your legal rights or visit us at our website at www.discriminationattorney.com.
