Helping Clients With A Variety Of Employment Law Matters
At the Law Office of Joel Larabee, we protect the rights of California employees in all kinds of employment law claims, including:
- Sexual harassment: Sexual harassment can range from demands for sexual favors or relationships from a co-worker or supervisor, to being forced to work in a workplace permeated with sexual innuendo, images, talk and other offensive behavior.
- Discrimination: If your employer doesn't like you and fires you, it isn't necessarily actionable discrimination. The employer must be discriminating on the basis of a "protected category" such as age, race, sex, national origin, religion, sexual preference, disability or pregnancy.
- Wrongful termination: In California an employer can terminate an employee for almost any reason or for no reason at all. They cannot, however, fire you because of your race, gender, age, national origin, disability or other protected categories; because you have "blown the whistle" on the employer's illegal activity to the employer or an outside agency; because filed a workers' compensation claims; because you reported sexual harassment or because you took your protected family leave.
- Retaliation : An employer cannot demote you, fire you or decrease your pay or hours, or take any negative action in retaliation of you engaging in protected activity such as: making a complaint, filing a worker's compensation claim, taking pregnancy or family leave, complaining about your company's failure to provide reasonable accommodations, reporting wage and hour issues.
- Failure to pay overtime : In California, employees are entitled to overtime if they work over 8 hours a day or 40 hours per week. Overtime is to be compensated at 1.5 times their regular hourly wage.
- Employment contracts and severance agreements: We review and negotiate employment contracts such as severance or separation agreements, non-compete agreements and confidentiality issues.
Talk to an attorney and learn about your rights. Contact the Law Office of Joel Larabee.
Contact a Chula Vista Discrimination and Harassment Lawyer
There is no charge for an initial consultation. The majority of our cases are handled on a contingency fee basis. In those cases, you are not charged any fee until there is a recovery on your case. Contact us today by calling 619-516-8188 or send us an e-mail to schedule your appointment with a San Diego employment law lawyer.
