Workplace Discrimination

Hair is sometimes referred to as someone's "crowning glory," so it's only appropriate that a bill aimed at ending discrimination in California against historically black hairstyles is called the CROWN Act. Otherwise known as Senate Bill 188, the "Create a Respectful...

Are you 40-years-old or older and looking for a job? Whether you're seeking a promotion from within your current company or looking for a position with another firm altogether, you might expect that your years of experience and hard-earned knowledge more than make up...

"I have a migraine," you tell your boss. Your boss rolls her eyes and says, "I get terrible headaches, too. Take some Advil." Except a migraine isn't a headache -- although it (usually) makes your head hurt. A migraine is actually a complex neurological condition that...

More police departments than ever -- including those in California -- are facing a reckoning with their past when it comes to discrimination against their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) brothers and sisters in blue. In the past, many gay officers were...

A former employee of the California Senate won a discrimination suit against her former employer for failing to accommodate her needs and retaliating against her for requesting accommodations. The Senate was ordered to pay the former employee $350,000 -- a figure...

Sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination in the workplace has dominated national conversations as of late -- but there's another form of discrimination that also affects the ability of women to get ahead: pregnancy discrimination. Biases against pregnancy...

Are you wondering what you can do to help stop racist comments and jokes in the workplace? Racism is a community issue and it will only end when it becomes clearly unacceptable by community standards. That will only happen when enough people decide to take a stand and...

Ageism and age discrimination can be a real problem when you're over 50 and trying to find a job. No matter what your qualifications and enthusiasm for a position, some employers won't seriously consider you if your resume makes you look too old. Hiding your age on a...

Are sex and gender the same? Is gender immutable and fixed or subjective? These are some of the theoretical questions that have to be answered and defined into law because they have real-world implications for the nation's transgender community -- which has become...