California Family Rights Act Lawyer
If over a twelve month calendar period you have worked 1,250 hours for an employer with 50 or more employees in a 75-mile radius, the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) allows you to take up to 12 weeks of 
For the birth, adoption or foster care placement of a child
To care for certain family members who have a serious health condition
To recover from a serious health condition
To treat for a serious medical condition
Family Medical Leave Lawyer
Our Family Leave lawyers can provide advice to you about complicated areas of leave law such as baby bonding, and whether the adoption of a child is covered. We can also review legal issues with you about employment laws concerning your employer’s requirement to maintain and pay for your group medical coverage while you are on CFRA leave, and otherwise provide you an employment status that is uninterrupted while on a work leave of absence. Other complicated Family Leave issues concern intermittent CFRA/FMLA leaves of absence from work, and how your employer should be notified of this need.
Remember, if you need to take time off from work to provide the direct care for certain family members or to recover from a serious health condition, you may be protected by a law known as the California Family Rights Act (CFRA). This law can be read at California Government Code Section 12945.2. The Family and Medical Leave Act is a federal law that provides similar protection.
I am Karl A. Gerber, founder and lead discrimination attorney of the Employment Lawyers Group. If your employer denied your right to take leave or retaliated against you for taking leave, you may be entitled to compensation. Contact our Family and Medical Leave Act lawyers at (818) 783-7300 to discuss your case and your options. In Southern Californiawe have offices in San Diego, Tustin, Riverside, Gardena, Los Angeles, Sherman Oaks, Oxnard, and Bakersfield. We handle cases in all parts of California, and have three offices in the San Francisco Bay/Silicon Valley area.
Our employment lawyers have represented hundreds of employees unfairly fired from their jobs due to their employer’s failure to allow them to take a medical leave of absence allowed by California employment laws. We have obtained many settlements in excess of $100,000 for these California employees. In trial and binding arbitrations we have won even more for legal violations of work leave of absence claims.
Contact A Los Angeles CFRA Attorney
To speak to a California Family Rights Act lawyer, call (818) 783-7300 toll free. We handle all cases on a contingency fee basis with no upfront costs. Se habla español.Representing California employees since 1993
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Contingency Fee Representation
All employment cases for employees are taken on a contingency basis. We are only paid a fee when and if we win your case, and we advance all litigation costs. Our goal is to make expert legal representation accessible to every hardworking employee.
Serving Los Angeles County
We have proudly served all of Los Angeles County since 1993.
The Employment Lawyers Group has successfully handled
Separate California Employment Cases
Media Engagements
Sample Case Results
breach of commission contract
$1,150,000
Unpaid commissions of two plaintiffs
unpaid wages
$875,000
For 4 oil field service industry workers whose times worked were not recorded on timesheets and were on-call
forced to work without pay standby pay case
$800,000
Controlled stand by class action settlement
Disclaimer: These results are based on the facts of these specific cases and do not guarantee or predict a similar result in any future case.
Practice Areas
Discrimination
Age, Disability, FMLA/CFRA, Gender, National Origin, Pregnancy, Race, and Sexual Orientation discrimination claims.
Unpaid Wages & Overtime
Recovering earnings for overtime, bonuses, commissions, meal & rest break violations, and prevailing wage claims.
Sexual Harassment
Compassionate and effective representation for sexual harassment and hostile work environment claims.
Wrongful Termination
Representing employees terminated in violation of public policy, contracts, or California and federal law.
Leaves & Retaliation
Protecting employees who face adverse actions after reporting illegal activity or taking protected medical leave.
Whistleblowers
Advocating for employees who report fraud, waste, or abuse under California and federal whistleblower protection laws.
Our California Locations
Bakersfield
5401 Business Park S, #214,
Bakersfield CA 93309
Sacramento
777 Campus Commons Rd, #200,
Sacramento CA 95825
San Francisco / Bay Area
524 Union St, #400,
San Francisco CA 94133
San Jose / Silicon Valley
111 N. Market St, #300,
San Jose CA 95113
Torrance / South Bay
3655 Torrance Blvd, 3rd Floor,
Torrance CA 90503
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About Firm Founder, Karl Gerber
Firm Founder, Karl Gerber, has been an employment and wrongful termination attorney since 1993. He has represented a wide range of employees throughout California.
Mr. Gerber has won 51 of the binding arbitrations and jury trials he first chaired, and a number of his appeals are published. This deep trial experience is the foundation of the firm's strategic approach to litigation.
The employment attorneys employed by the Employment Lawyers Group have worked at the firm well in excess of five years, have also tried many different labor cases, and have all been extensively trained on employment and wrongful termination law by Karl Gerber.
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