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Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act among others. The laws apply to applies to employers, including state and local governments. It also applies to employment agencies and to labor organizations, as well as to the federal government.

Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual’s employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual’s work performance, or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.

Wrongful Termination

At-Will Employment has been the “American” rule for when an employee could be fired. Under the At-Will rule, an employee in the United States, that is not employed based on a contract that specifies the length of employment, but whose employment term is indefinite, can be fired for any reason or no reason at all.

Disability Discrimination

California law does not allow employers to treat employees differently based on a disability, except in limited circumstances, such as when the employer can prove that the employee cannot perform the essential functions of the job, even with reasonable accomodations and/or the person would pose a danger to himself/herself or others.

Pregnancy Leave - Discrimination

Pregnancy Disability Leave
Employers are required to provide up to four months of disability leave for employees that are disabled due to pregnancy or a related medical condition.

Eligibility for pregnancy leave
A woman who works for a covered employer is eligible for pregnancy disability leave regardless of the length of time she has worked for the employer. Further, an employee does not have to work full-time in order to be eligible.