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Workplace Discrimination: Common Signs in California

Discrimination at work is one of the most demoralizing experiences for employees. It can affect their overall emotional ability to perform and focus at work and home. The law is against workplace discrimination, so if you feel you are being discriminated against, reach out to discrimination in the workplace lawyer immediately.

Types of Discrimination in Workplace

Workplace discrimination can happen in many forms, which include:

Age

Discriminatory behavior occurs to people of a certain age. It can affect young and old, depending on each specific sector or company. Signs of age discrimination can be pretty evident when an employer seems to be targeting a particular person.

Gender

Much work is being done to achieve equality between men and women, but there is still some way to go.

Sexual Orientation

The rejection of homosexual people or, in general, that they are part of the LGBTQ community.

Disability

The victim has some type of physical or mental deficiency. For example, someone has Down Syndrome or a congenital malformation of the limbs.

Race or Ethnicity

We must differentiate race from nationality. Discrimination does not occur because the person comes from another country but because they are of another ethnic group.

Religion or Ideology

The differences in religion and ideologies (especially political ideologies).

Common Signs of Discrimination at Work

There are common signs you can identify discrimination in your workplace which be:

Direct Employment Discrimination

Direct employment discrimination occurs when a worker obtains, clearly and visibly, worse employment treatment than another in the same situation for belonging to another gender, age group, race, ethnicity, or ideology. It is becoming less frequent to find this type of labor discrimination since it is prohibited by law. For instance, a worker works 40 hours a week, while one of another ethnic group works 50 hours and does not get paid for the extra 10 hours.

Indirect Labor Discrimination

For its part, indirect employment discrimination consists of a neutral employment situation that hides discriminatory practices. It is currently the most frequent type of discrimination.

Cases could be jobs where both men and women apply, but only women will hire. Or a company that offers equal pay between men and women in the different professional categories, but most women occupy the lower categories.

Multiple Employment Discrimination

Multiple workplace discrimination does not have a specific cause but occurs for several reasons: being a woman, belonging to another religion, affiliation to a political party, or disability.

Discriminatory Harassment

Continuous intimidating behavior towards a person, intending to humiliate them and cause moral damage. Often, the real end is for the person to leave their job.

For instance, workers harass a colleague of another ethnic group to intimidate him and get favors or leave the company. Or the new company owners have degrading treatment of a homosexual person hired by the previous owners, with the same objective as in the previous example.

Employee Discrimination Lawyer

If you are experiencing discrimination at work, the first thing to do is to speak with someone in the HR department. This is an essential step to take.

If the problem is not resolved, then it is time to consult with a work discrimination lawyer for a confidential consultation. An attorney will explain your rights and help you gather the information necessary to proceed with a case.

The Law Office of John P. Martin has years of experience handling employment discrimination cases. We know exactly how to search for evidence and how to present it legally in the most potent and straightforward form. You can be confident since we have all the resources necessary to pursue workplace discrimination cases with a positive outcome for our clients.

Once you have all the proof necessary to proceed, your employment discrimination attorney will use all the available resources to help with your case.

If you see signs of discrimination at work, take precautions. But if you have been experiencing discrimination in your workplace already, it is time to take action and hire an employee discrimination lawyer. Call us today to have a consultation with John P. Martin.

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