California Employment Discrimination Lawyers

You Deserve to Be Treated Fairly and Equally.

Despite social progress and strict laws prohibiting discrimination in the workplace, many California employees still face employment discrimination. If you have been the subject of workplace discrimination, the employment discrimination lawyers at Parker & Minne may be able to help.

What is Workplace Discrimination?

Employment discrimination occurs when an employer treats a job applicant or an employee less favorably because of a protected characteristic. These protected characteristics include:

• Race or Color;
• Ancestry/National Origin;
• Religion;
• Age (over the age of 40);
• Physical Disability;
• Mental Disability;
• Sex/Gender;
• Sexual Orientation;
• Gender Identity;
• Medical Condition;
• Pregnancy;
• Genetic Information;
• Marital Status; and
• Military or Veteran Status

Employment discrimination takes on many forms and levels of severity. Some of the most common types of discriminatory practices employers commit are:

• Failing or refusing to hire an applicant;
• Refusing to promote an employee;
• Demoting, transferring, replacing or terminating an employee;
• Giving negative performance reviews;
• Reducing hours or pay;
• Increasing workload;
• Assigning less desirable job duties;
• Denying a reasonable accommodation; and
• Other unfair treatment related to an employee’s terms, conditions, or privileges of employment.

In addition to the devastating financial consequences of discrimination and its impact on an employee’s career, it often also gives rise to emotional distress. Both California and federal law provide various remedies for victims of employment discrimination, including past and future loss earnings, hiring or reinstatement, requiring changes to company policies, reasonable accommodation, and compensatory and punitive damages.