Gender Discrimination
Sex-based mistreatment in hiring, pay, promotion, discipline, or termination—including related reproductive-health discrimination theories where pled.
In plain terms
California forbids treating workers worse because of sex, gender, pregnancy, childbirth, or related conditions. In court the fight is often whether gender played a real role in the decision—not whether the company could point to any business reason at all. Harassment or unequal-pay theories sometimes ride along with discrimination claims when the facts support them.