Bass

In the second cause of action of her complaint against Great Western Savings and Loan Association (respondent), appellant, Linda Bass, alleges that she was one of nine sale persons concurrently working in the same capacity for respondent (the other eight being men). The eight men received a monthly advance of $800 against their commissions but she received $700 a month and “ ... as a consequence . .. defendant has wrongfully discriminated against [her] as a woman and has violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution and the laws of the State of California; [and] by reason of such discrimination . . . she has been damaged in the sum of One Million Dollars.”

The Legislature, recognizing the necessity “ ... to protect and safeguard the right and opportunity of all persons to seek, obtain, and hold employment without discrimination or abridgement on account of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, ... or sex” (Lab. Code, § 1411) enacted the Fair Employment Practice Act (§ 1410 et seq.) and established the Fair Employment Practice Commission to receive, investigate, and pass upon complaints alleging discrimination in…