You will find
information on following topics on this page:
- Summary of
Discrimination
- What is discrimination?
- What areas are
covered?
- Your rights at the LACCD
- LACCD
Discrimination Policy
- Summary LACCD
Prohibited Discrimination and Harassment Policy
- LACCD Unlawful
Discrimination Complaint Form
- What to do and who
to contact
Summary
of Discrimination
What
is Discrimination?
The word
discrimination is often used to describe a situation where you have been
treated unfairly or differently compared to other people.
The LACCD, in
accordance with applicable Federal and State laws and the District's
Discrimination Policy, prohibits discrimination against any student, faculty,
staff, person acting on behalf of LACCD, general public associated with LACCD
and applicant based on:
- Accommodations
- Age (40 and older)
- Ancestry
- Color
- Dating Violence
- Ethnic Group
Identification
- Gender Expression
- Gender Identity
- Intimate Partner
Violence
- Medical Condition
(Incl. cancer & related conditions/genetic characteristics)
- Mental Disability
- National Origin
- Perceived to be in
protected category or associated with a member of a protected class
- Physical Disability
- Pregnancy/childbirth/breastfeeding/related
medical condition
- Race
- Religion (Incl.
religious dress/grooming practices/religious observances)
- Retaliation
- Sex/Gender
- Sexual Assault
- Sexual Harassment
- Sexual Misconduct
- Sexual Orientation
- Stalking
- Any
subsequently-added class protected under Federal or State law
It may also be a
form of discrimination if someone is:
- Harassed on the
basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or age.
- Retaliated against
for filing a charge of discrimination, participating in an investigation, or
opposing discriminatory practices.
- Refused employment
or training opportunities because of decisions based on stereotypes or
assumptions about the abilities, traits, or performance of individuals of a
certain sex, race, age, religion, or ethnic group, or individuals with
disabilities.
- Denied employment
and educational opportunities because of marriage to, or association with, an
individual of a particular race, religion, national origin, or an individual
with a disability.
To determine if a
particular situation is against the law you need to ask:
- Is it a type of
discrimination covered by law and LACCD Discrimination Policy?
- Did it happen in a
place or circumstance covered by the law and LACCD Discrimination Policy?
What
areas are covered?
It is against the
law and the LACCD policy to discriminate against students, employees and
applicants in the following areas:
- Job advertisements
- Recruitment,
applications, screenings, and interviews
- Hiring, transfer,
promotion, layoff, or recall
- Compensation,
assignment, or classification of employees
- Testing
- Use of the
District's facilities
- Training and
apprenticeship programs
- Fringe benefits
- Pay, retirement
plans, and disability leave; or other terms and conditions of employment
- Admission, access,
and treatment in all college and district programs and activities
It is also against
the law and LACCD policy to engage in sexual misconduct (including but not
limited to sexual assault and sexual harassment) with a student, employee, or
other individual associated with the District, on property owned or operated by
the District, or involving a participant in a District-sponsored event.
Your rights at the LACCD
You have a right:
- To work and study
in an atmosphere free of harassment and discrimination.
- To be judged by the
same criteria as all others, not by standards that are less demanding, or more
rigorous, or different in any way.
- To complain, free
of retaliation.
- To be treated
fairly and without prejudice whether you are making a complaint, are witnessed
to a complaint, or are charged with a complaint.
If you believe you
have been discriminated against you need to do something about it.
Doing something
about discrimination means that you may solve the problem. This will makes
things better for you and also for other people in the future.
Doing nothing means
that the situation will stay the same or get worse.
Any individual who
believes that his or her employment and/or educational rights have been
violated may file a charge of discrimination.
LACCD
Discrimination Policy
It is the policy of
the LACCD to provide an educational, employment and business environment free
from all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin,
Ethnic Group Identification, ancestry, religion, creed, sex or gender
(including sexual harassment), pregnancy, marital status, medical condition
(cancer-related), sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability,
perceived to be in a protected category or associated with those in protected
category and veteran status.
All programs and
activities of the LACCD shall be operated in a manner which is free of
discrimination. Employees, students, or other persons acting on behalf of the
District who engage in any form of discrimination as defined in this policy or
by state or federal law shall be subject to discipline, up to and including
discharge, expulsion, or termination of contract.
What
to do and who to contact
Before you can do
anything you have to know who it is unlawfully discriminating against you.
Is it an individual
or a group of people, a co-worker, an instructor, a supervisor from another
section?
Once you have
worked out who is unlawfully discriminating against you, you then need to sort
out how they are treating you badly.
- What are they doing
to you?
- Are they calling
you names or ignoring you?
- Are you not being
told things that you need to know to doing your job?
- Are you being
denied training, or promotional opportunities?
- Are they touching
you in inappropriate places?
- Is what is
happening to you happening to other people as well?
- Is what is
happening to you happening because of your protected class?
If you are being discriminated against ask for assistance by contacting our office.