yOUR rIGHTS AS A WORKER

The California Department of Industrial Relations Labor Enforcement Task Force has created a comprehensive yet brief booklet with an overview of your rights as a worker.

LABOR CODE SECTION 98.6

Protects an employee filing or threatening to file a claim or complaint with the Labor Commissioner, instituting or causing to be instituted any proceeding relating to rights under the jurisdiction of the Labor Commissioner, or testifying in any such proceeding, complaining orally or in writing about unpaid wages, or for exercising (on behalf of oneself or other employees) any of the rights provided under the Labor Code or Orders of the Industrial Welfare Commission, including, but not limited to, the right to demand payment of wages due, the right to express opinions about, support or oppose an alternative workweek election, or the exercise of any other right protected by the Labor Code. In addition to other remedies that might be available, a civil penalty of up to $10,000 may be awarded to an employee for each violation of Labor Code section 98.6. Also, protects an employee who is a family member of a person who has or is perceived to have engaged in any protected conduct.

CANCER AND MY JOB

Cancer patients and their caregivers confront a maze of overlapping federal, state and city laws that provide them with protections related to job protection, wage replacement and protection from discrimination, this is why Dejure design, commissioned by Legal Aid At Work, created this visual material that renders these rights clearer and more accessible to cancer patients, survivors and caregivers with employment-related legal issue.

wORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT

THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FAIR EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING (DFEH) ENFORCES LAWS

THAT PROTECT YOU FROM ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT IN EMPLOYMENT BASED

ON YOUR ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED:

  • MILITARY OR VETERAN STATUS

  • NATIONAL ORIGIN 

  • ANCESTRY

  • AGE 

  • COLOR

  • DISABILITY 

  • GENETIC INFORMATION

  • MARITAL STATUS

  • MEDICAL CONDITION 

  • RACE

  • RELIGION 

  • SEX/GENDER 

  • SEXUAL ORIENTATION

  • GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION

 

TRANSGENDER RIGHTS IN THE WORKPLACE

Transgender is a term used to describe people whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth.

Gender expression is defined by the law to mean a “person’s gender-related appearance and behavior whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth.“ Gender identity and gender expression are protected characteristics under the Fair Employment and Housing Act.