California Racial Discrimination Lawyers

Some employees think their employer has discriminated against them just because they did not treat the worker nicely. This in itself does not provide valid grounds to file a lawsuit. Employers who berate their employees or verbally abuse them are not breaking racial discrimination laws if the behavior is not discriminatory. 

For example, the owner of a company may treat all of their employees rudely. If the owner acts the same toward all employees and does not target workers of a certain race, there are no grounds for a racial discrimination lawsuit. To file a lawsuit, you must prove that your employer treated you differently and unfairly and that it was based on discrimination. If the owner of a company was only rude to employees of a certain race, that could provide grounds for a claim.

Both the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and state law prohibit racial discrimination in the workplace. Under these laws, employers must treat all employees fairly and cannot consider race when making decisions on hiring, firing, promoting, or demoting workers. Employers are also prohibited from retaliating against employees who oppose discriminatory practices or file a racial discrimination complaint.