GENDER DISCRIMINATION LAWYERS - LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA

Blady Weinreb Law Group LLP’s Los Angeles attorneys represent employees in claims for gender discrimination against their employers. We represent older employees in both individual and class action cases throughout Los Angeles County and nearby counties, such as Orange County and Ventura County. If you believe you have been subjected to gender discrimination by your employer, please contact one of our Los Angeles lawyers at 323-933-1352.

California Law Prohibits Gender  Discrimination in Employment

The California Fair Employment and Housing Act ("FEHA") makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to discriminate against an employee because of the employee's gender.  This means that an employer may not take an adverse employment action because of your gender. In other words, sex cannot play a role in any aspect of employment decision making, including hiring, pay, promotions, transfers, disciplinary action, layoff suspensions, and termination. In addition equal pay laws require that men and women be paid equally for equal work.

In evaluating whether an employee had been subjected to gender discrimination, one must look for evidence raising an inference of discrimination.  This may arise when there is a change in supervisor or management, discriminatory comments have been made, you have been subjected to disparate or differential treatment, statistical evidence, changes in work duties making your job more difficult without a business justification, and/or other circumstantial evidence. An inference of discrimination may also generally be shown when an employee: 

    (1) Belongs to the protected class (i.e., gender being subjected to discrimination); 
    (2) Was performing satisfactorily, yet was still subjected to an adverse employment action (e.g., job termination); 
    (3) Was treated less favorably than other non-protected class employees in similar circumstances.

When the evidence raises an inference of sex discrimination, the employer will generally have to offer evidence to rebut the inference. Depending on the strength of the evidence of sex discrimination offered by the employee, the employer’s burden may be to produce evidence of a legitimate reason for its actions, or if strong or direct evidence is provided by the employee, the employer’s burden may be to show by a preponderance of the evidence the same decision would have been absent the discriminatory motive.

Because there is a time limit for filing California statutory discrimination claims (one year), it is important to that employees who believe they have discriminated against consult with an attorney as soon as possible after a potentially discriminatory action.

If you believe that your employer has discriminated against you because of your sex, please contact a Blady Weinreb Law Group Los Angeles Lawyer at 323-933-1352.