Workplace Behavior






Protected Classes in California Protected Activities in California Workplace Behaviors Workplace Actions Rights and Responsibilities
What is Equal Opportunity Employment?
Fair and equal treatment of all applicants and employees, civil rights protections, and prohibition of employment actions based on a protected class or activity.
What is a protected activity under Section 7 of the NLRA?
Speaking to a co-worker about your recent raise
What is the Platinum Rule?
Treat others as they want to be treated
What is Quid Pro Quo Harassment?
Offering a raise to your employee in exchange for a kiss
What is the DFEH or
What is the Department of Fair Employment and Housing?
State Agency which handles discrimination claims
What is National Origin?
Protection class for and individual's country of birth.
What is request for religious practice accommodation?
Asking your supervisor for Saturday off to attend Synagogue
What is Anywhere?
Locations where harassment can occur
What is retaliation? or
What is unlawful retaliation?
Relocating a female receptionist wearing a head-scarf to a cubicle out of sight of others
What is Vicarious Liability?
Principle that the employer will always have responsibility for harassment claims in the workplace
What is Gender Expression?
Gender related appearance & behavior differs from that assigned at birth
What is reporting a potential safety concern?
Letting a supervisor know that there is water leaking on the floor of the lunchroom
What is hostile work environment?
Claim type filed for witnessing regular and repeated harassment of others
What is discrimination? or
What is unlawful discrimination?
Hiring only males to drive forklifts in your warehouse facility
What are companies and individual supervisors?
Parties with potential responsible for liability in California harassment cases
What is Age?
Protection class for a worker born in 1972
What is filing a Wage Claim?
Completing and submitting a DLSE Form 1
What are Visual, Verbal and Physical?
Three main categories of harassing behaviors
What is the Bona Fide Occupational Qualification Rule?
Rule sometimes allowing an employer to seek and employ a specific class of individual
What is the Reasonable Person standard?
The standard or viewpoint applied in assessing California claims
What is Disability OR
What is Mental Condition
One protection class for a worker with Bipolar disorder
What is disputing company paid sick leave policy?
Notifying HR that the sick hours on your pay stub are calculated incorrectly
What is Gratuitous Sabotage?
Willfully undermining a persons work performance
What is constructive discharge?
Creating a negative, pervasive work environment that causes an employee to quit
What is the Avoidable Consequences Doctrine?
Doctrine under which an employer may be able to reduce claim liability
What is "intention" of the party?
Behavioral quality of harasser that is not considered or defensible when assessing harassment claims in California

AB 1825: Harassment Prevention in the Workplace

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