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Harassment is defined as any behavior that creates a hostile work environment through misconduct that raises concerns for the safety of another person’s life, health, well-being, family, or property, whether direct or indirect. This includes unwelcome conduct based on a protected characteristics such as race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation. Harassment creates a hostile work environment. If you have been sexually harassed, bullied, threatened, or wrongfully discriminated against, you may have a workplace harassment case and be entitled to compensation from your employer.

Discrimination is defined as any adverse treatment of an employee or job applicant based on a protected characteristic, such as race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, age (40 and over), disability, medical condition, genetic information, or military and veteran status. Examples of discrimination include wrongful termination, being denied a promotion or raise, being demoted, or being retaliated against for filing a complaint.

Employees have rights to paid time off and vacation under state and federal law. Paid time off typically refers to a combined bucket of paid sick leave and vacation time. Employees can use PTO for personal reasons, vacation, or sick leave. PTO is considered part of the “employment contract” between the employer and employee, and it is illegal to refuse to allow an employee to take time off they have rightfully earned.

In California, it is unlawful for an employer to fail to engage in a timely, good-faith, interactive process. The point of the process is to remove barriers that keep people from performing jobs they could do with some form of accommodation. If your employer failed to provide reasonable accommodation or you were discriminated against because of your disability, you may have the option to file a case against them.

Under state law, employers are required to give each employee at least a 10-minute paid break for every four hours worked (or a major fraction of four hours). Generally, an employer may not employ an employee for a work period of more than five hours per day without providing a meal period of at least 30 minutes. If you are not receiving appropriate rest and meal breaks, you may have a case against your employer.

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