Under the California Fair Employment and Housing
Act ("FEHA") employers with 5 or more employees are prohibited from
doing any of the following:
1. Refusing to hire or employ any person because
of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical
disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, or
sex.
2. Refusing employment or discharging any person
from employment because of race, religious creed, color, national
origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical
condition, marital status, or sex.
3. Discriminating against any person in
compensation or conditions of employment because of race, religious
creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental
disability, medical condition, martial status, or sex.
4. Refusing to hire or employ, or to discharge,
dismiss, reduce, suspend, or demote, any individual who is at least 40
years old on the basis of age.
5. Harassing an employee or applicant for
employment because of race, religious creed, color, national origin,
ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition,
sex, or age.
6. Retaliating against any person for opposing
any practice forbidden or made unlawful by the FEHA or for testifying or
otherwise participating in proceedings protecting such right.
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