Orange County Discrimination Lawyer

The Glass Ceiling

The stories have different names and specifics, but they are all held up by the same skeleton of discrimination:

A junior partner at a law firm spends countless nights working on briefs, going the extra mile for the client, and producing impeccable work. The Harvard Law school alumna graduated at the top of her class, and during her 10 years with the firm, her courtroom record impresses even the most experienced of attorneys. Why then, is she not considered when the senior staff decides to name a new partner?

One cannot see it, touch it, or even physically prove that it is there. It is the invisible glass ceiling that has held capable women and minorities under the rising ranks of their white male counterparts in the corporate world. For years, it has established an unofficial limit to how far these professionals can rise in their careers – a limit based on a very antiquated view of how business should be run: by the “good ol’ boys.”

Various “glass ceiling” barriers exist:

• Different compensation for the same work
• Lack of family friendly workplace policies
• Failing to have any type of minority in the executive operating positions

There are various indicators that this invisible discrimination exists. Currently, women make 77 cents for a dollar that men make performing the same job.

The glass ceiling exists within female-dominated industries as well. For example, women still have trouble getting into administrative or managerial positions in the education field, which employs a great number of women.

If you believe you are being held back by the glass ceiling because of your sex or gender, contact Orange County discrimination lawyer Perry Smith at 888-356-2529 to learn about your legal options.