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What is the Marital Status Discrimination Act?

Marital status discrimination is a violation of both federal and California state law. Under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), it is unlawful for any employer to use marital status to:

Refuse to hire the applicant.
Discharge or terminate the employee.
To refuse to select, to bar, or to discharge the employee from any training program that leads to employment.
Discriminate in ways and amounts of compensation.
Discriminate in conditions, terms, or other privileges of employment.

If the employer uses this status to influence their decision to hire, promote, provide benefits, discipline, or terminate someone, they are committing marital status discrimination.

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What is an Example of Marital Status Discrimination?

While there are many ways an employer can fall foul of this regulation, a typical example of marital status discrimination includes the termination of married co-workers. California anti-discrimination laws state that the marriage of co-workers is not a valid reason to terminate one of them. For instance, a university that fires research professors that happen to be married may be guilty of marital status discrimination. Other examples of discrimination based on marital status include refusing to hire an unwed mother or single person, skipping over an employee for a promotion because they are in a same-sex marriage, or only offering single employees overtime opportunities during the holidays.

Can My Employer Ask My Marital Status?

California law prohibits employers from asking specific personal questions during a job interview, including religion, race, and marital status.

To check an applicant’s former work experience, employers may ask for any other names used. This may reveal marital status, but the employer cannot directly ask for a maiden name.
Per FEHA, employers are granted a specific exception allowing them to ask whether the same employer employs an applicant’s spouse. Limitations apply here in how the employer can use this information. Usually, it involves supervision, a potential conflict of interest, safety, security, or morale issues only.
If marital status information is imperative to the actual occupational qualification. The employer must prove this is vital information in the hiring process for a specific type of position.

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