Despite years of effort to end prohibited discrimination in the workplace, discrimination based on race and gender continues to be a problem in California and around the country. A major issue is that such discrimination may be covert and difficult to prove, despite the fact that it is so prevalent.
Responding to disability discrimination
In California and around the country, there is a growing concern for the discrimination faced by job applicants with mental and physical disabilities. This workplace discrimination is the reason that the unemployment rate for individuals with disabilities is twice as high as the unemployment rate among people without disabilities.
