California Attorney Group - Employment Law and Personal Injury

Race Discrimination

If an employer takes an adverse employment action, including termination, failure to promote, or demotion, against he employee based on race or if an employee is subjected to harassment because of his or her race, it is a violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act under California state law. Harassment is a form of discrimination.

An employee may establish what is called a “prima facie” case under FEHA by showing:

He or she belongs to a protective class.
He was subjected to an adverse employment decision.
He was treated differently than similarly situated employees not in the protected class.
There is sufficient causal connection between the different treatment and the protected status.