Equal Rights 101

A cooperative effort between the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to educate the young population regarding their right to be free from employment discrimination, harassment and retaliation.

The California Department of Fair employment and Houisng produced "Equal Rights 101" under an EEOC grant. The content includes pregnancy discrimination, pre-employment inquiry, reasonable accommodation and sexual harassment in the workplace. This is important to California youth at work, who are now provided with an extended statutory period of one year or up to age 19 to file their DFEH complaints. This video is also useful to employers, employees, HR professionals, attorneys and educators.