Legal Question in Employment Law in California

Dress codes are lawful unless they violate a person's religious beliefs, etc. If you are an at-will employee (no written contract stating they will hire you for a set term), you can be fired for any lawful reason, including wearing dresses that are too short. A complaint about your skirt length and not others of the same length is not unlawful unless you are being targeted based on a protected class: age over 40, race, religion, pregnancy, disability, etc. If you have been asked to wear longer skirts, I would assume that your employer views your dress as unprofessional. You have an opportunity to correct that.

Dress codes are legal, and so is 'unfair' treatment at work.

Unfortunately, not only are there no laws in CA against poor management, 'unfair treatment', or rude, obnoxious or harassing behavior by management or other employees, but in general, unless an employee is civil service, in a union, or has a written employment contract, they are an 'at will' employee that can be disciplined or terminated any time for any reason, with or without �cause�, explanation or notice. That is, UNLESS the conduct is actually based upon discrimination, harassment or retaliation as defined as �illegal� under the Civil Rights Acts, ADA, FMLA , Whistle-blower, or similar statutes. Any employee's goal should be to keep their supervisors happy and make them look good to the company, and make the company money. That�s how the company pays employee wages. If you don't, then don't be surprised to be replaced. Now if the conduct was illegal under the above definitions, feel free to contact me for the legal help you�ll need.