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2. California Civil Rights Department - Wikipedia

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   The Department enforces California state laws that prohibit harassment, discrimination, retaliation employment, housing, and public accommodations that provide for pregnancy leave, family, and medical. The D.F.E.H also accepts, investigates, mediates and prosecutes complaints alleging hate violence or threats of hate violence.

3. California Fair Employment and Housing Act of 1959 - Wikipedia

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   California law and the FEHA also allow for the imposition of punitive damages [9] [10] when a corporate defendant's officers, directors or managing agents engage in harassment, discrimination, or retaliation, or when such persons approve or consciously disregard prohibited conduct by lower-level employees in violation of the rights or safety of the plaintiff or others.

4. Workplace harassment - Wikipedia

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   While sexual harassment is a form of workplace harassment, the United States Department of Labor defines workplace harassment as being more than just sexual harassment. [10] "It may entail quid pro quo harassment, which occurs in cases in which employment decisions or treatment are based on submission to or rejection of unwelcome conduct ...

5. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Wikipedia

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   [8] Discrimination complaints can be based on hiring, firing, promotions, harassment, training, wages, and/or benefits, [9] and responsibility covers: [10] Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Sections 102 and 103 of the Civil Rights Act of 1991; Pregnancy Discrimination Act; Equal Pay Act of 1963; Title I of the Americans with ...

6. Disparate treatment - Wikipedia

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   A disparate impact violation is when an employer is shown to have used a specific employment practice, neutral on its face but that caused a substantial adverse impact to a protected group, and cannot be justified as serving a legitimate business goal for the employer. [27] No proof of intentional discrimination is necessary.

7. List of anti-discrimination laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (2019) Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act (2002) CROWN Act (2019) Oregon Oregon Constitution, Article I, §46 (2014) CROWN Act (2021) Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Constitution, Article I, § 28 (1971), Pennsylvania Constitution, Article I, § 29 (2021) Rhode Island

8. Employment discrimination law in the United States - Wikipedia

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   According to Crosby Burns and Jeff Krehely: "Studies show that anywhere from 15 percent to 43 percent of gay people have experienced some form of discrimination and harassment at the workplace. Moreover, a staggering 90 percent of transgender workers report some form of harassment or mistreatment on the job."

9. Sexual harassment in the workplace in the United States

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   Sexual harassment in the workplace in US labor law has been considered a form of discrimination on the basis of sex in the United States since the mid-1970s. [1] [2] There are two forms of sexual harassment recognized by United States law: quid pro quo sexual harassment (requiring an employee to tolerate sexual harassment to keep their job, receive a tangible benefit, or avoid punishment) and ...