Otherwise Required by Law as a Discrimination Defense

Unless discrimination is shown, an employment practice is lawful if it is required by state or federal law, or if it is pursuant to an order of a state or federal court of proper jurisdiction.¹​

After you present a legitimate nondiscriminatory reason for your decision, the employee must prove that the reason you gave is a pretext for unlawful discrimination.²

1.2 CCR sec. 11010

2.Mixon v. FEHC, 192 Cal. App. 3d 1306 (1987)​