San Diego Gender Discrimination Attorneys

California Gender and Sex Discrimination Employment Lawyers

Gender or sex discrimination is best described as unequal treatment of employees based upon their gender. This treatment adversely affects employees’ rights and opportunities in the workplace and may result in their being fired, passed over for promotions or pay raises, or generally treated unfairly.

Before filing a gender discrimination lawsuit against your employer, you usually need to file a complaint with a San Diego or California administrative agency that deals with gender discrimination. The agency may or may not decide to represent you by prosecuting on your behalf. If they decline to represent you or do not act within a certain amount of time, you can file a private lawsuit.

Let Legion Counsel help you find the best qualified employment attorney to fit your needs. The lawyers we recommend, from the onset, help to give you effective counsel that will greatly increase your chances of getting relief from the gender discrimination you have faced.

Gender Discrimination in California

Although it is commonly recognized that men and women have equal abilities in the workplace, they are still often treated unequally. This treatment may be direct or indirect.

Disparate treatment: this is direct discrimination, through actions. An example would be hiring a man over a woman for a position, or promoting a woman instead of a man due to their gender.

Disparate impact: this discrimination that is indirect and may not be intentional – it is usually committed through a company’s general policies or rules that tend to or create discrimination against a certain gender. An example may be strength requirements for a construction job that a woman may never be able to meet, when these requirements are actually unnecessary.

Have you experienced gender or sex discrimination in San Diego? Contact our offices today!