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Victims of sexual harassment in California can vindicate their right to be free from sexual harassment under California law by filing a charge or claim with the California Department of Human Rights, with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), or by filing the suit in court. California sexual harassment victims can also pursue claims under Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964

Unlawful employment discrimination means adverse treatment of employees motivated by the employees' age, sex, race, creed, religion, national origin, disability, veterans status, or other protected class status.  A protected class is one identified by law as deserving protection from employment or other forms of discrimination.

IN GREELEY V. MIAMI VALLEY MAINT. CONTRACTORS, 49 OHIO ST. 3D 228 (OHIO 1990), THE OHIO SUPREME COURT HELD THAT "[P]UBLIC POLICY WARRANTS AN EXCEPTION TO THE EMPLOYMENT-AT-WILL DOCTRINE WHEN AN EMPLOYEE IS DISCHARGED OR DISCIPLINED FOR A REASON WHICH IS PROHIBITED BY STATUTE."  AS A RESULT, AN EMPLOYEE DISCHARGED IN VIOLATION OF R.C. § 3113.213(D), WHICH PROHIBITS AN EMPLOYER FROM DISCHARGING OR DISCIPLINING AN EMPLOYEE BASED ON A WAGE WITHHOLDING ORDER BUT DOES NOT EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZE AN EMPLOYEE SUIT, WAS ALLOWED TO PURSUE A TORT CLAIM AS A RESULT OF HIS TERMINATION.  THE COURT HELD THAT THE LEGISLATURE COULD NOT HAVE INTENDED TO LEAVE AN EMPLOYEE DISCHARGED IN VIOLATION OF SUCH A STATUTE WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REMEDY.

THE GREELEY STANDARD

California law does not recognize a “wrongful termination” or "wrongful discharge" claim, at least by that name.  California is an at-will state, which means that an employer may fire, demote, hire, promote and discipline employees for any reason, or no reason at all unless it is an unlawful reason.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, color, national origin, religion, and sex. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (1967) extended the prohibition against discrimination to age. In the years since, many states and the federal government barred discrimination based on disability, pregnancy, citizenship, genetic information, and status as a veteran. The characteristic protected by anti-discrimination law, like sex, age, race, and veterans' status, is known as “protected classifications.” People who share those characteristics are in a “protected class.”

Family responsibility discrimination is an emerging area of discrimination law. Although no specific law designates a family caregiver as a protected class, several laws protect people with family responsibilities from discrimination, discharge, harassment, and retaliation.

Laws protecting Family CareGivers

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