RACE DISCRIMINATION

At Riggins Law, we have successfully represented many employees who were terminated from their jobs because of their race. If your employer has mistreated you because of your race or ethnicity, contact our experienced race discrimination lawyer today.

Race Discrimination

The California Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) makes it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an employee because of their race or ethnicity. In other words, an employer may not, for instance, demote, terminate, or refuse to promote an employee because of their race or ethnicity.

To prove discrimination under California law, an employee must show that their employer took an adverse employment action against them because of their race. Such acts may include refusing to promote an employee or terminating their employment because of their race or ethnicity. However, because direct evidence of an employer’s motivation for making an adverse employment decision is seldom available, our race discrimination lawyer often proves discrimination claims through circumstantial evidence.

Race-Based Harassment

The FEHA also prohibits harassment in the workplace based on race and ethnicity. A wide range of conduct may give rise to liability for harassment based on an individual’s race or ethnicity, including epithets, derogatory comments, disturbing racially offensive materials, or racial slurs. However, the law generally does not prohibit occasional, isolated, or trivial remarks. Instead, harassment may be proven when the comments are so severe or pervasive that it alters the conditions of employment and creates a hostile or abusive work environment.

A California employer must remedy instances of harassment and take steps to prevent such harassment from occurring in the future. Furthermore, an employer who fails to fix problems in the workplace may be held liable for the harassment.

Our Race Discrimination Lawyer Can Help

If you have been subject to unlawful discrimination or harassment in the workplace, we can help. Contact our office today for a free consultation with our race discrimination lawyer.