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Marital Status Discrimination

Marital status is a protected category under and federal laws.  An employer cannot refuse to hire you or treat you differently at work because you are single, married, divorced, widowed, unmarried with either same sex or opposite sex partners, or a single mother or single father.

When interviewing for a job, if you are asked if you are married, planning on getting married, pregnant or plan to have kids, your prospective employer may have already committed marital status discrimination against you.

At work, you may have been denied certain benefits because you are single.  You may have been passed up for a promotion because the employer did not want to promote someone in a same-sex marriage, or because you are married to someone of a different race.  Your employer may have refused to give you a more challenging position because you are a single mother. All of these are examples of marital status discrimination, and they are unlawful.

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If you have been made a victim of marital status discrimination in the workplace, do not hesitate to contact us for a free and confidential consultation.  You can be appraised of your rights under California marital status discrimination laws and how to claim damages against your erring employer.  You may be entitled to receive your loss of wages, promotions, bonuses or benefits you were denied, and the emotional toll that the termination had on you. Our Firm generally works on a contingency-fee basis for these claims and we do not collect fees unless we obtain money for you.  We will fight tirelessly to protect and defend the rights of every employee to be free from discriminatory, retaliatory and unlawful actions.  

Call the Falchetti Law Firm at (626) 831-9070  or email us here.