Highly intrusive, non-job-related questions by an entity acting for an employer about someone’s disability status, menstrual health, hair loss are unlawful and discriminatory
OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed an amicus brief before the California Supreme Court in Raines v. U.S. Healthworks Medical Group pushing back on efforts to undercut the application of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act’s (FEHA) anti-discrimination protections to entities acting on behalf of employers. The underlying lawsuit in the case alleges that U.S. Healthworks Medical Group — one of the largest providers of occupational health services in California — unlawfully required job applicants to answer highly intrusive, non-job-related, and discriminatory health questions on behalf of prospective employers, including questions on disability status, menstrual health, and hair loss. In the friend-of-the-court brief, Attorney General Bonta urges the California Supreme Court to make it clear that FEHA applies to entities acting on behalf of an employer that undertake activities FEHA regulates, and reiterates the potential harms to all Californians, and particularly those with disabilities, if FEHA’s strong anti-discrimination provisions are undermined.
“You don’t need to know someone’s menstrual health to decide if they’re qualified to deliver food to those in need,” said Attorney General Bonta. “Highly intrusive, non-job-related questions about someone’s disability...
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