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This isn't how discrimination works in employment law. Discrimination is for the most part only relevant to those who fall under Protected Classes (age, gender,
by mikeryan 16y ago
This isn't how discrimination works in employment law. Discrimination is for the most part only relevant to those who fall under Protected Classes (age, gender, race etc). Political affiliation is not a protected class.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_class http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_class
- xiaoma 16y agoA quick google search suggests that it's a bit more complicated than that. According to an employee rights attorney here (http://www.linkedin.com/answers/law-legal/employment-labor-law/LAW_ELW/449714-9356514 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/law-legal/employment-labor-l...): "I will answer based on CA law. Labor Code 1101 and 1102 prohibit employers from forbidding, directing, controlling, terminating or threatening to terminate an employee based on politics. This was further expanded on in Ali v. LA Focus Publication (2003) 112 CA4th 1477. "