Employee Rights Blog

  California is an at-will employment state, which means that generally speaking, an employer can fire an employee for any reason and not have to offer justifications for that decision. That said an employer is prohibited from terminating employees for reasons that would be in violation or feder...

Under federal law, employers are prohibited from discriminating against employees or job applicants on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth or related conditions. If you believe that your employer has fired you or discriminated against you because of your pregnancy or related conditions, you may be...

  A 57-year-old former company lawyer is suing IMAX Corp. alleging that she was fired back in January because she is Latina and the company wanted younger employees whom they could pay less. According to an NBC news report, Margarita Hernandez's discrimination lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Su...

  Wells Fargo has agreed to make job offers to 580 applicants and pay $7.8 million in back wages and interest to settle allegations of hiring discrimination by the U.S. Department of Labor. According to a report on Hrdive.com, the allegation stated that the company violated federal law by discri...

  In California, employment is "at will," which means employers can terminate employees without giving cause or justification and employees can quit their jobs without providing cause or justification as well. But there are certain state, federal and local laws that prevent employers from firing...

If you have been wrongfully terminated from your job, or if you are being harassed, discriminated or face a hostile work environment, you may be overwhelmed thinking about how to fight for your rights and hold your employer or former employer accountable. When you are looking for a Los Angeles...

  In 2018, the deduction for unreimbursed employee expenses was eliminated by The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was passed by Congress. Before this law was passed, employees who incurred job-related expenses such as travel expenses were able to list them as itemized deductions on their federal ...

  When an employee is terminated from his or her job in Los Angeles, he or she does have certain rights. For example, an employee who has just been fired or laid off has the right to receive a final paycheck and has the option of continuing health insurance coverage in addition to being eligible...

  If you are a California worker who has been laid off because of the coronavirus pandemic or any other reason, you may be eligible to collect unemployment benefits. In California, employees who are temporarily out of work may qualify for unemployment. Right now, millions are out of a job in t...

  The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has been devastating not just for California or the United States, but also at a global level. In the United States, more than 16 million people have filed for unemployment in the last three weeks. Economists are predicting that at least 20 mil...

  COVID-19 is wreaking havoc on the United States economy. State unemployment filing systems are crashing and California is buckling under the weight of a population that is being “let go” in-mass. For those who have been “laid off”, you may be feeling helpless. Luckily, there are some options a...

  The coronavirus pandemic is shaking the entire nation to the core as no other event has in recent history. Employees are facing significant and frightening challenges including layoffs, reduced hours, furloughs, temporary suspensions, reduced hours (and therefore, reduced pay), and loss of hea...

Verdicts from various California Courts, and settlements between the employee and employer, illustrate the risk of retaliation liability and retaliation claims that arises in the wake of employee complaints about mistreatment. Even in cases where employers prove that a discrimination, harassm...

  Discrimination in the workplace is more common that we might think it is. An employment discrimination lawsuit is adjudicated in civil courts. This means that the plaintiff, in such cases, the employee, has the burden of proof. In other words, he or she must show evidence that there was discri...

  The first question many may ask as they contemplate filing a wrongful termination lawsuit is what the average wrongful termination settlement might be. The answer, as always, is that the amount of the settlement, or the value of a wrongful termination case, depends on a number of factors as we...

  Employment lawsuits, particularly those that involve discrimination, could take a long time to get resolved. If you have been in any type of legal dispute, you know that any process involving the law and courts could move at a frustratingly slow pace. Typically, a discrimination lawsuit in a C...