Workplace Discrimination

There are many ways an employee can be discriminated against at work. If you are over the age of 40 and your employer is treating you less favorably or is taking adverse action against you based on your age, then you might be a victim of age discrimination. If so, you...

Your employer can’t fire you because you had a beer or a glass of wine with your dinner at home. They also can’t fire you because a drug test shows traces of a prescribed medication in your system. Why, then, should they be able to fire you because you use marijuana –...

Everyone deserves adequate and fair pay for work done. But when discrimination gets into the picture, the subject of pay can become a sticky issue. This is why labor laws are in place to protect workers from all forms of discrimination, including wage discrimination....

Your work opportunities and compensation should be a reflection of your education, experience and work performance. Unfortunately, some companies look instead at personal characteristics outside of the control of their workers when making big decisions.  Age...

When considering protections for pregnant workers or for new parents, it's important for employers to remember that someone who goes on maternity leave is not going on a vacation. They're not simply taking a break from their job. They're not abusing this system to get...

Every year that you grow older is simply a chance to celebrate the life that you're living. It should certainly not be a time when you are worried about being let go from your job or seeing other negative impacts on your career. Unfortunately, this is exactly how a...

Generally speaking, employers are absolutely allowed to institute dress codes. You'll see this if you walk into a store and all of the employees have the same color shirt on, for instance, or if you go to an office building and everyone is wearing suits and ties. The...

Many pregnant workers in the Huntington Beach region worry about how pregnancy may affect their jobs. For example, if the pregnancy requires bed rest or similar work restrictions, the pregnant employee may fear termination. Fortunately, the law protects pregnant...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has grooming standards that are agreed upon that determine what an employer can or cannot require in the workplace in terms of hairstyles and grooming.  Most of the time, grooming codes are acceptable, but they do have to be...

The freedom of religion is one of the founding ideas behind the United States, and it is not lawful for employers to discriminate against people based on their religion. There is the expectation that many people will have different faiths in this “melting pot” of a...