Watch Your Language
Lewitt Hackman, Shapiro, Marshall & Harlan
Watch
Your Language
California Department of Fair Employment &
Housing
Presented
as part of the "Hiring & Firing Practices" Seminar
by Sue Benavid-Arbiv Esq.
Lewitt
Hackman, Shapiro, Marshall & Harlan
1663 Ventura Blvd., 11th floor, Encino,
CA 91436
(818) 990-2120 • (818) 907-3220
sbendavid@lewitthackman.com
*The following are provided as examples of discriminatory and potentially discriminatory job specifications. The California Fair Employment and Housing Act bans employment discrimination on the basis of race, religeous creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex or age. Section 12940(d) states that it it an unlawful employment practice for any employer or employment agency, unless specifically acting in accordance with federal Equal Employment Opportunity guidelines or regulations approved by the Fair Employment & Housing Commission, to print or circulate any publication, or to make any non-job-related inquiry, either verbal or through the use of an application form, which expresses directly or indirectly, any limitation, specification, or discrimination on a basis enumerated in the act.
Watch your language when placing and accepting job orders and advertisements* avoid specifications linked to:
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Sex |
Sex-Tied Job Titles Disability |
Age |
Ethnicity |
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