Sexual harassment is not the only form of harassment prohibited by California and federal law. The following forms of harassment are also illegal:

A working environment charged with ethnic or racial discrimination can violate the law. An employer has a duty to prevent and remedy instances of racial and national origin harassment. Racial slurs may constitute harassment even if made by one member to another member of the same race. A supervisor that makes a single racial slur may render the employer liable for creating a hostile work environment. A hostile environment may exist even if some of the hostility is directed at other workers. Claims of harassment based upon religion involve the same principles established in connection with sexual and racial harassment under California and federal law. Hostile work environment claims have also been recognized based on disability discrimination.