ARTICLE 1. Unlawful Practices, Generally

Article 1 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 992.

§§ 12940–12954 · 29 sections

§ 12940 It is an unlawful employment practice, unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification, or, except where based upon applicable security regulations…
§ 12940.1 For the purposes of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 12940, it shall be presumed that an individual with heart trouble, as referred to in Section…
§ 12940.2 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an employee’s assessment, testing, admission, or acknowledgment of their own personal bias that was made in good faith and…
§ 12940.3 Prior to January 1, 1996, a study or survey of the costs, including litigation and reasonable accommodation expenses and other impacts on California employers…
§ 12941 The Legislature hereby declares its rejection of the court of appeal opinion in Marks v. Loral Corp. (1997) 57 Cal.App.4th 30, and states that the opinion does…
§ 12942 (a) Every employer in this state shall permit any employee who indicates in writing a desire in a reasonable time and can demonstrate the ability to do so, to…
§ 12943 It shall be an unlawful employment practice unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification: (a) For the governing board of any school district,…
§ 12944 (a) It shall be unlawful for a licensing board to require any examination or establish any other qualification for licensing that has an adverse impact on any…
§ 12945 (a) In addition to the provisions that govern pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition in Sections 12926 and 12940, each of the following shall be…
§ 12945.1 Sections 12945.2 and 19702.3 shall be known, and may be cited, as the Moore-Brown-Roberti Family Rights Act.
§ 12945.2 (a) It shall be an unlawful employment practice for any employer, as defined in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b), to refuse to grant a request by any employee…
§ 12945.21 (a) The department shall create a small employer family leave mediation program for employers with between 5 and 19 employees. Under the program, when an…
§ 12945.5 It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to require any employee to be sterilized as a condition of employment.
§ 12945.6 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) (A) “Assisted reproduction” means a method of achieving a pregnancy through an…
§ 12945.7 (a) As used in this section: (1) (A) “Employee” means a person employed by the employer for at least 30 days prior to the commencement of the leave. (B)…
§ 12945.8 (a) An employer shall not do any of the following: (1) Discharge or in any manner discriminate against an employee for taking time off to serve as required by…
§ 12946 (a) It shall be an unlawful practice for employers, labor organizations, and employment agencies subject to the provisions of this part to fail to maintain and…
§ 12947 It shall not be an unlawful practice under this part for an employer or labor organization to provide or make financial provision for child care services of a…
§ 12947.5 (a) It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to refuse to permit an employee to wear pants on account of the sex of the employee. (b)…
§ 12948 It is an unlawful practice under this part for a person to deny or to aid, incite, or conspire in the denial of the rights created by Section 51, 51.5, 51.7,…
§ 12949 Nothing in this part relating to gender-based discrimination affects the ability of an employer to require an employee to adhere to reasonable workplace…
§ 12950 In addition to employer responsibilities set forth in subdivisions (j) and (k) of Section 12940 and in rules adopted by the department and the council, every…
§ 12950.1 (a) (1) By January 1, 2021, an employer having five or more employees shall provide at least two hours of classroom or other effective interactive training and…
§ 12950.2 An employer may also provide bystander intervention training that includes information and practical guidance on how to enable bystanders to recognize…
§ 12950.3 (a) For purposes of this section, “employer” means a hotel or motel. “Employer” does not mean a bed and breakfast inn, as that term is defined in subdivision…
§ 12951 (a) It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 12926, to adopt or enforce a policy that limits or…
§ 12952 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), it is an unlawful employment practice for an employer with five or more employees to do any of the following: (1) To…
§ 12953 It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer to violate Section 432.6 of the Labor Code.
§ 12954 (a) (1) Except as specified in subdivision (c), it is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a person in hiring, termination, or any term or…