Protecting Your Rights In The Workplace

The employer-employee relationship is one of the most important relationships in our lives. People contact our employee rights law firm when that relationship has gone wrong.

If you are dealing with an issue at work, contact the Employment Lawyers Group to discuss your options. In Southern California we have offices in: Bakersfield, Gardena, Los Angeles, Oxnard, Riverside, San Diego, and Tustin. We handle employee lawsuits in all parts of California and have three Northern California offices. Our Northern California employment law offices are in Sacramento, San Francisco, and San Jose.

The following pages provide more information about employment law and your rights in the workplace:

Anatomy of an employment law case: If this is the first time you have had an issue with your employer, you are probably unaware of the steps you need to take to assert your rights. That inexperience can be costly.

Do I need an employment law attorney? While you can file many employment law claims with administrative agencies such as the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Department of Industrial Relations and the EEOC, your claim may take many months to resolve and your recovery is likely to be small without an attorney's help. More likely, you will not be able to obtain a favorable resolution and your case will be so old by the time it is out of the administrative agency, no attorney will touch it.

Sexual harassment: Sexual harassment is different from discrimination based on sex in that it involves offensive touching or comments.

Leaves of absence: Many California employers either do not understand the law or violate it willfully when it comes to disability and other types of leaves. There are multiple different rules on leaves of absence. Speak to a California workplace leave of absence attorney about which leaves you may qualify for. Contact our employee rights firm at 1-877-525-0700. The number of employees at your company, your medical condition, and length of employment matter.

Family and Medical Leave Act claims: If your employer either does not allow you to take family or medical leave, or takes adverse actions against you upon your return, you may be entitled to compensation. The number of employees at your company, your medical condition and length of employment matter.

California Family Rights Act claims: The Family Rights Act is a California law that provides similar protection to the federal Family and Medical Leave Act. The number of employees at your company, your medical condition and length of employment matter.

Employment fraud: With the bad economy, more employers are engaging in employment fraud such as advertising jobs that do not exist or defrauding a third party in order to cut corners.

Whistleblower claims: Not all whistleblowers are protected. Before you blow the whistle on your employer, talk to an experienced whistleblower attorney at our employee rights law firm.

Employer retaliation claims: If your employer retaliates against you for exercising your rights in the workplace, you can file a claim for compensation.

Contact A California Employment Discrimination Attorney

To speak to an employment lawyer in Los Angeles, call 877-525-0700 toll free. We handle all cases on a contingency fee basis with no upfront costs. Se habla español.