California, United States / 22.01.2021 17:01:21
In a “Ladies’ Night”, “Girls Night” in Spanish, a bar or nightclub offers special discounts for women with the intention of improving your sales. The logic behind these types of promotions is that the more women there are in a facility, more men will attend and more consumption will be at the end of the night.
It is a common practice in many places, but in California it is absolutely prohibited by Unruh Civil Rights Act, which protects customers both so that they are not denied any service for any condition, and so that no benefits are offered to any specific group.
“All persons within the jurisdiction of this state are free and equal, and regardless of your sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status or sexual orientation, They have the right to complete and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, privileges or services in all establishments business of all kinds that may be, ”establishes the Unruh Civil Rights Act.
The Ley Unruh, is a state law valid only in California. Since 1985 it prohibits all kinds of discrimination, including discounts based on gender. In 2007 was successfully applied by a group of 4 men what They sued the “Century Supper Club” for charging them a higher entry fee than women.
Since then the Unruh Law is enforced very strictly, not only to entertainment venues, but to all types of establishments. By each violation, no matter how small (a difference of 15 cents in a single drink, for example), the culprits will have to pay a fine of at least $ 4,000 plus what the victim has spent on lawyers, which typically ranges from $ 250 to $ 400 per hour.
Being a little known law, there are lawyers who They are dedicated to looking for small businesses that infringe it inadvertently to earn easy money. Son few cases that are in favor of the accused, although it did happen when a baseball team was sued for give women a bag on Mother’s Day. The key is give benefits in a genuine way and not for profit or in that case, deny no one any benefits, even if it was initially intended for someone else.
Similar laws exist in Maryland, Pennsylvania y Wisconsin.
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