Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA): California

California law also protects employees with disabilities from discrimination. It also prohibits discrimination against a person based on a medical condition.¹ A medical condition includes any health impairment that's related to or associated with a diagnosis of cancer, a record or history of cancer and an individual's genetic characteristics.²

FEHA, which covers employers of five or more employees, requires employers to reasonably accommodate people with disabilities and provides greater protection from disability discrimination than the ADA. For example, under FEHA, someone is considered disabled if that person is “limited” in one or more of the major life activities, rather than “substantially³