San Diego Disability Discrimination Lawyers

Compassionate California Employment Attorneys

Disability discrimination, whether it is based on an actual or perceived disability, is illegal under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Specific restrictions will depend upon the state or federal law, but both have similar purposes. In general, California’s state laws cover more employers and a broader spectrum of disabilities, thus protecting more employees with disabilities.

A disability is an ailment, disease, injury or other condition which limits one or more of a person’s major life activities (this can include walking, seeing, hearing, learning, or the ability to work.) This condition must actually interfere with his or her life and/or ability to work and must be more than a mere nuisance.

Let Legion Counsel help you find the best qualified employment attorney to fit your needs. The employment attorneys recommended by Legion Counsel are experienced in dealing with disability discrimination cases and understand the ins and outs of both FEHA and ADA regulations. These lawyers and staff have worked on numerous disability discrimination cases and understand not only the monetary effects it can have on a person but the emotional effects as well.

Disability Discrimination in California

Common disabilities covered under the FEHA in California include:

• Individuals limited to a wheelchair
• Deafness
• Blindness
• Learning disabilities
• Certain mental illnesses

An employer, when hiring or considering hiring an individual with a disability, must be willing to consider whether reasonable accommodation can be made for the employee to improve their working conditions and enable them to perform their job – when they otherwise may not have been able to. This may include making an environmental change that enables them to perform their duties (such as a wheelchair ramp at the entrance of a building, or a modified phone switchboard that enables a blind person to read the extensions).

Have you been the victim of disability discrimination in San Diego? Contact us today!