05/26/2021
DISCRIMINATION 🐚 Beach, I’m different ☝🏽
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Let’s briefly talk about federal and California workplace anti-discrimination protections.
Across the spectrum of employee decisions – including recruitment, testing, hiring, pay scale, benefits, promotions, discipline and termination – management may not discriminate on any “protected classification.”
In no particular order, the vast majority of California workers (including employees, interns, volunteers, and independent contractors) are shielded from such unequal treatment due to:
➪the person’s (or his/her associate’s) age (40 and over),
➪ancestry,
➪national origin (including language use restrictions and use and possession of a driver’s license issued to persons unable to prove their legal presence in the U.S.),
➪color,
➪race and traits historically associated with race (including hair texture and “protective hairstyles” such as braids, locks and twists),
➪religion or religious creed (including religious beliefs and observances and religious dress and grooming practices),
➪gender (including gender expression and gender identity such as transgender or transitioning),
➪pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and/or any related medical conditions,
➪sexual orientation (heterosexuality, homosexuality and bisexuality),
➪disability (mental or physical, including HIV and AIDS),
➪requests for disability or religious accommodation,
➪medical condition (including cancer or a related medical condition or genetic characteristics not presently associated with symptoms of disease),
➪family care or medical leave,
➪genetic information (including genetic tests, participation in clinical research or manifestation of disease),
➪marital status (including registered domestic partner status),
➪military or veteran status, and
➪engagement in protected activity (whistleblowing).
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Management’s frontline protections against such claims should start with sound policy, regular training and prudent practice – as well as, HR solutions program or EPLI.
We can help with that. Check out our website and contact us for guidance and solutions for HR programs and EPLI insurance🌟
