Muslims have become a target of discrimination in public settings as well as in the workplace. Under employment laws, discrimination could involve adverse action, including failure to hire, demotion, or termination. It could also mean disparate treatment in the workplace or failure to accommodate a protected class. The Supreme Court…
In the United States, many victims of discrimination have come from a wide range of nationalities, beliefs, and ethnic backgrounds. A post-9/11 America created a spike in disparate and discriminatory treatment towards the Muslim population, including racial profiling, hate crimes, and even discrimination in the workplace. According to a recent…
Title IV of the Civil Rights Act prohibits private companies from discrimination based on religious practices. While we often hear about discrimination based on race, national origin, or gender, cases less common are based on religious discrimination. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit against Food…
In a recent move the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has announced that it will increase its focus on Religious Discrimination. Our employment lawyers in Los Angeles know that workers are experiencing religious based discrimination on a daily basis. California workers are likely familiar with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)…
Religious discrimination is pervasive in much of the United States. Jews, Muslims, Christians and others face oppression based on their beliefs and culture. Our Costa Mesa employment lawyers know that nonbelievers also suffer for being out of the mainstream. Discrimination against atheists occurs in the United States with some regularity.…
According to a recent report religious discrimination is increasing in the workplace. Our Orange County religious discrimination lawyers are aware that religion is an important part of many employee’s personal lives and identity, which makes religious based discrimination especially troubling. Although state and federal laws exist to protect religious beliefs…
According to a report on Wall Street Journal’s website, Employers are using information they find about job applicants online to make discriminatory hiring decisions under the radar. Our Los Angeles employment discrimination attorneys know that employers are utilizing social networking sites to research potential hires and make discriminatory hiring decisions.…
Our Costa Mesa religious discrimination attorneys recently wrote in our Employment Lawyer Blog about the case of a retail clothing store employee who was fired for refusing to remove her hijab, or Muslim religious head covering, at the request of her employer. Now, The Wall Street Journal is exploring the…
A Muslim woman’s right to don her religious hair covering at work trumps a clothing store company’s effort to maintain an “All-American” image, a federal court in northern California recently ruled. In Khan v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., Case No. 11-cv-03162-YGR, U.S. District Court of Northern California, a federal…
A number of recent employment lawsuits filed throughout the country have stemmed from alleged religious discrimination, ranging from failure to grant certain accommodations to outright harassment and hate crimes. Our Costa Mesa religious discrimination attorneys know that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act is very clear in stipulating that…