Sexual Harassment Lawyer in Glendale

Sexual harassment in Glendale workplaces most often arises at studios (Walt Disney Imagineering, DreamWorks Animation), at restaurant chain corporate offices and franchise locations (Dine Brands / IHOP / Applebee's), in software and enterprise IT (ServiceTitan), and at the Americana at Brand retail and hospitality cluster. Call us at 1-800-371-3088 for a free, confidential consultation.

What Is Sexual Harassment in Glendale

Sexual harassment in Glendale happens in the same places you go every day: animation and creative operations at DreamWorks Animation (~2,200 Glendale employees, 1000 Flower Street; a subsidiary of NBCUniversal/Comcast), Walt Disney Imagineering headquarters (founded December 16, 1952 by Walt Disney; currently headquartered at 1401 Flower Street, Glendale), and ServiceTitan; patient floors at Adventist Health Glendale (1509 Wilson Terrace, Glendale, CA 91206 - 515-bed tertiary care hospital, founded 1905, one of the city's oldest businesses and a major regional employer with approximately 1,800 staff per local economic-development data); also at Dignity Health Glendale Memorial Hospital; classrooms at the Glendale Unified School District (GUSD); Class A office space (over 6 million square feet of office space citywide) at firms including Avery Dennison, LegalZoom, IHOP/Applebee's (Dine Brands Global), and Public Storage (NYSE: PSA); the Americana at Brand and Glendale Galleria shopping centers; and City of Glendale offices (charter city). The most common Glendale pattern is unwanted touching, comments, or pressure from a supervisor, coworker, patient, or customer, followed by retaliation when the worker reports it.

Glendale Industries Where Sexual Harassment Is Most Common

• Animation, creative, and Walt Disney Imagineering workers - at Walt Disney Imagineering headquarters (1401 Flower Street, Glendale - founded December 16, 1952 by Walt Disney to oversee Disneyland Park; the creative force behind all Disney theme-park experiences) and DreamWorks Animation (~2,200 Glendale employees, 1000 Flower Street; a NBCUniversal/Comcast subsidiary). Creative workers may be covered by The Animation Guild (TAG / IATSE Local 839) collective bargaining agreement, SAG-AFTRA, WGA, DGA, or IATSE Local 839 agreements. Public-company employees of NBCUniversal/Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) parent are protected by Sarbanes-Oxley (18 U.S.C. section 1514A), Dodd-Frank section 922 (15 U.S.C. section 78u-6), the Defend Trade Secrets Act (18 U.S.C. section 1836), the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act (Cal. Civil Code section 3426 et seq.), and California Bus. & Prof. Code section 16600 (no non-competes).
• Healthcare workers at Adventist Health Glendale - at Adventist Health Glendale (1509 Wilson Terrace, Glendale, CA 91206 - 515-bed tertiary care hospital, founded 1905; one of the city's oldest businesses; legal name Glendale Sanitarium and Hospital dba Adventist Health Glendale; affiliated with Seventh-day Adventist; approximately 1,800 staff per local economic development data). Also Dignity Health Glendale Memorial Hospital. Covered by SB 525 healthcare-worker minimum-wage schedule (Cal. Labor Code sections 1182.14, 1182.15, 1182.16), California Health & Safety Code section 1278.5 ($25,000-per-violation civil penalty for patient-safety retaliation), and CNA / SEIU-UHW / NUHW collective bargaining agreements.
• Corporate office workers at Glendale's 6+ million square feet of office space - at Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY, global materials science HQ in Glendale), LegalZoom, Dine Brands Global (IHOP/Applebee's parent, NYSE: DIN, Glendale HQ), Public Storage (NYSE: PSA, Glendale HQ), ServiceTitan, and other Class A corporate tenants. Public-company employees have specific protections under Sarbanes-Oxley (18 U.S.C. section 1514A), Dodd-Frank section 922 (15 U.S.C. section 78u-6), the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act, the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act, and California's non-compete prohibition (Bus. & Prof. Code section 16600).
• K-12 education workers at Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) - at the Glendale Unified School District. Covered by California Education Code sections 44930-44987 (permanent-employee dismissal protections), the Educational Employment Relations Act (EERA / Cal. Gov. Code sections 3540-3549.3), Cal. Education Code section 44113 (school-employee whistleblower protections), and CTA-affiliated collective bargaining agreements. PEPRA and the 6-month government-claim deadline apply.
• City of Glendale and Glendale Water and Power workers - at the City of Glendale (charter city), the Glendale Police Department, the Glendale Fire Department, and Glendale Water and Power (GWP) - the city's municipally-owned electric and water utility (one of only a handful of California cities to operate its own electric utility). GWP utility workers may have Energy Reorganization Act section 5851 (42 U.S.C. section 5851) whistleblower protections for energy-safety reporting. Police covered by POBR (Cal. Gov. Code section 3300 et seq.); firefighters by FBOR (Cal. Gov. Code section 3250 et seq.); all public employees by PEPRA, MMBA, and the 6-month Government Claims Act deadline.
• Retail workers at Americana at Brand and Glendale Galleria - at the Americana at Brand (Caruso's mixed-use shopping center) and the adjacent Glendale Galleria - one of the largest shopping districts in the Los Angeles region. Retail workers covered by IWC Wage Order 7 (mercantile industry). Fast-food workers at chains with 60+ national locations earn the $20.00/hour AB 1228 floor (Cal. Labor Code section 1474).

Glendale Local Protections

Glendale has no separate citywide minimum-wage, hotel-worker, fair-workweek, or paid-sick-leave ordinance beyond California state law. Glendale is a charter city. Glendale workers rely on the state-level minimum-wage floor (Cal. Labor Code section 1182.12 - $16.90/hour effective January 1, 2026) plus industry-specific state rules including AB 1228 ($20/hour fast-food), SB 525 (healthcare-worker tiered schedule - directly relevant to Adventist Health Glendale workers), and AB 701 (warehouse quotas). Glendale operates its own municipal electric utility (Glendale Water and Power), so GWP utility workers may have Energy Reorganization Act section 5851 whistleblower protections.

Sexual harassment in Glendale is governed by FEHA (Cal. Government Code section 12940(j)), which covers any Glendale employer with 1 or more employees for harassment claims, and by federal Title VII (15 or more employees). California also requires sexual-harassment prevention training for all employees of companies with 5 or more workers (Cal. Government Code section 12950.1). Glendale corporate employers include several major public companies: Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY), Dine Brands Global (NYSE: DIN, parent of IHOP/Applebee's), Public Storage (NYSE: PSA), and DreamWorks Animation (subsidiary of NBCUniversal/Comcast - NASDAQ: CMCSA) - all of whose employees are protected by Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank section 922 whistleblower provisions.

California Law

California gives you broad statewide protection against sexual harassment. For the full statutory framework, deadlines, and how the state laws fit together, see our California employment law page and the in-depth California Sexual Harassment Guide.

What Compensation Can You Recover

California does not cap damages for sexual harassment claims. For a full breakdown of what you can recover, see the California Sexual Harassment Guide.

How to File a Sexual Harassment Claim in Glendale

Civil employment lawsuits filed by Glendale workers are heard at the Los Angeles County Superior Court - Glendale Courthouse, 600 East Broadway, Glendale, CA 91206 (North Central District; the Burbank Courthouse at 300 East Olive Avenue also serves the area). For agency contacts, deadlines, and the full filing process, see our California employment law page. We handle the filing process for you, call us at 1-800-371-3088 before any deadline.