In a recent case in Kentucky, a woman who blew the whistle on the administration of Gov. Ernie Fletcher received over $500,000 and a new job within the state. She claimed that there were improper hiring practices and also that after engaging in whistleblowing, or reporting on her employer’s illegal practices to an outside agency, she was retaliated against. Retaliation and any other form of discrimination in response to whistle blowing is illegal under both Federal and California laws.

Whistleblowing is protected, as it is a vital means of discovering illegal activity of an employer from those who know and observe it best: the employees themselves. Retaliation in the workplace is very much what it is in the outside world–payback for your actions. Whistleblowers are protected when they make an accusation against their employer from any form of retaliation whether it be pay decreases, harassment, or even firing.

If you suspect your employer of engaging in discrimination, harrassment, or other illegal activities and you have blown the whistle in California, you are protected by law. Call the Law Offices of Law Offices of David H. Greenberg at 1-800-252-9776 for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you. The experienced attorneys at Law Offices of David H. Greenberg will fight aggressively for your rights both in and out of the courtroom. With over 50 years of combined legal experience, extensive trial knowledge, and state of the art trial media exhibits, our attorneys know how to put the law to work for your case.

Stephenie Steitzer, Louisville Courier Journal 04/24/2008

Equal pay discrimination according to the law exists only when you are receiving less pay than an equal counterpart. Equality must exist in education, experience, and in basic job duties. A recent Supreme Court case last year made it more difficult for women to prove equal pay discrimination in the workplace versus their male counterparts. The ruling held that women had a mere 180-day time-period to file their equal pay discrimination suit. Democrats in the U.S. Senate tried to pass a bill this month that would have extended that time period, easing the burden on women to discover and prove that they were not receiving equal pay. However, Republicans successfully blocked this bill from passing this week.

What does this mean for women in the workplace? Equal pay discrimination is still a very real problem to working women today. Estimates from a Vanderbilt University Study earlier this month showed that a male accountant in America earned on average $49,000 while a woman accountant with the same experience earned a mere $33,000. While arguments abound that women receive more non-monetary benefits such as time-off to care for children, this debate has often been found lacking. Men also receive non-monetary benefits, and are more likely to be promoted, simply because they are male.

The duty now lies on a woman to show that she is making less in the workplace for equal experience, work, and duties than her male counterparts. And these rulings from the Supreme Court show that the earlier you discover this, the better chance you have of prevailing. While it is discouraged at many work places to discuss your salary, it is often the best way to find out if you are a victim of pay discrimination.

If you find that you are being paid less than your equal counterpart for the same work in California, call the Law Offices of Law Offices of David H. Greenberg at 1-800-252-9776 for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you.

Statistics taken from: http://law.vanderbilt.edu/article-search/article-detail/index.aspx?nid=101

Age discrimination is illegal under both Federal laws and State Laws. However, age discrimination is slightly different than other forms of discrimination. Much of the practices that can look like age discrimination aren’t actually illegal. For example, it is not illegal to offer early retirement packages to those who are about to retire. It is also not illegal to hire a less senior employee to replace a more senior employee so that the company can save costs in paying lower salaries. However, these same practices can be illegal if the reason behind the action is that the employer is trying to lay off older employees in favor of younger ones. If the reasons behind the actions are biased, the practices that once seemed legal, become illegal.

Age discrimination applies to workers aged 40 years old or older. You cannot be discriminated against for age bias if you are under the age of 40, even if you suspect that you were terminated or bypassed for a raise for a younger employee. Also, the burden is on you to prove that your employer discriminated against older employees based on discrimination and age bias, not for a legal reason. This is often hard to prove, but one way to show this bias is to show a consistent and continual practice by an employer to all or many older employees over time.

If you have noticed age bias or discrimination in your workplace, call the Law Offices of Law Offices of David H. Greenberg at 1-800-252-9776 for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you. The experienced attorneys at Law Offices of David H. Greenberg will fight aggressively for your rights both in and out of the courtroom. With extensive trial experience, our attorneys know how to put the law to work for your case.

Clinical depression can be devastating to yourself, friends, family members and your social life. But it also can affect your work. Oversleeping, an inability to focus, lack of motivation to do even simple tasks–these are all symptoms of clinical depression that can make work life difficult and tedious. While there are treatments for clinical depression such as therapy and medication, sometimes the symptoms continue to effect life in the workplace. Clinical depression is a recognized disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act and State Law. You have the right to reasonable accommodations in the workplace to assist your needs to do your job effectively.

In order to have reasonable accommodations in the workplace, your employer must know that you have a disability. You should arrange a confidential meeting with your supervisor to disclose your disability, and negotiate reasonable accommodations. These accommodations may be that you need to leave work early to get to therapy sessions, or that you may need more time to accomplish a task that requires great concentration. As long as your request is reasonable and does not place an undue hardship on your employer, your employer must accommodate your request. Further, once you have tried to negotiate accommodations with your employer, you cannot be fired simply for your disability. This is known as wrongful termination.

If you have clinical depression, and you are concerned that you are not receiving adequate reasonable accommodations, or you have been retaliated against or wrongfully terminated due to your disability, call the Law Offices of Law Offices of David H. Greenberg at 1-800-252-9776 for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you.

In a recent filing in Minnesota, a Federal Judge approved a class action suit for more than 6,000 older employees of 3M Co. The CEO, Jim McNerney, engaged in age bias against older employees. The suit alleges that Mr. McNerney and 3M consistently favored younger employees for pay raises, promotions, training programs, and all other aspects of employment. Older employees were also terminated more frequently than younger employees.

These actions are known as age discrimination. Federal and State law protect older employees from being discriminated against based on their age. While often the most difficult type of discrimination to prove, it is still an unfortunate practice in many workplaces today. Often, the discrimination isn’t against just one worker in particular, but against all of the older employees. This is a ground for a class action lawsuit, where many workers have been discriminated against by a common employer. Large and small corporations can be the perpetrators of age bias in the workplace.

If you have noticed practices that may suggest age bias or discrimination such as younger employees consistently given raises, promotions or opportunities not given to older employees, or many older employees being terminated, call the Law Offices of Law Offices of David H. Greenberg at 1-800-252-9776 for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you.

Sexual harassment is often thought to be a ‘woman’s problem’ in the workplace. Mainstream media and news often reports of a woman receiving advances from her male co-workers and bosses. The movie 9 to 5 showed the extremes of sexual harassment in a comical light. But often, men suffer sexual harassment in silence. Whether it is from a male or female co-worker or boss, men are the victims of sexual harassment in their workplace. But the societal views of men being more sexual, more thick-skinned, prevent many men from confronting their bosses and speaking out about these heinous workplace activities.

Men often feel that they won’t be believed, or that they will be seen as weak or overly sensitive if they report sexual harassment in their workplace. But the truth is it is illegal, and Federal and State laws protect your rights not to be in a hostile work environment. Men or women can be sexually harrassed by men or women. Sexual harassment can happen to anyone regardless of your gender or sexuality. And if you are working in a hostile work environment or you have experienced quid pro quo harassment (the threat of ‘do this or you are fired’), you have rights that are protected by the law.

If you have experienced sexual harassment in your workplace, call the Law Offices of Law Offices of David H. Greenberg at 1-800-252-9776 for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you.

Juries have begun to make the message clear: discrimination based on age, race, gender, national origin, sexuality, and medical disability has no place in the workplace. California has long been a progressive state working hard to place even better protections in the law for hard workers throughout the State of California. The attorneys of Law Offices of David H. Greenberg have over 50 years of combined work experience in knowing these laws and protecting the rights of workers in Pasadena and throughout the state. Whether you are searching for an attorney who knows your community well, or based on their excellent trial experience, our attorneys will work hard to win your case.

With state of the art trial technology, distinguished expert witnesses, and a winning track record, our aggressive trial attorneys will fight for you inside and outside of the courtroom. We have settled numerous fair agreements with employers for cases ranging from discrimination, harassment, disability rights, and employment claims. Our initial consultation is absolutely free, and we work on a contingency fee, meaning we don’t get paid unless you do. If you live or work in Pasadena or the greater Los Angeles area, call the Law Offices of Law Offices of David H. Greenberg at 1-800-252-9776 for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you.

Retribution is a legal term that is not that different from what it means in the outside world-payback. It can happen for many reasons: you have reported your boss for illegal or suspected illegal activity to an outside agency; you have filed a worker’s compensation claim; you have a medical disability and have begun negotiations for a reasonable accommodation; or you have gone to your boss about lost wages, errors in your paychecks, or wage discrimination (you are being paid less than your equal counterpart due to your age, gender, race or other qualified category). Retribution is simple, once one of these examples has happened, you notice that your working environment is suddenly harder, your pay is less, or you are wrongfully terminated from your job.

Retribution is illegal and you are protected from wrongful and discriminatory retribution practices from your boss for many qualified actions. The list above is not all-inclusive; there are many more reasons why your boss cannot fire you without legal cause. Additionally, sexual harassment is a very common ground for retribution. You have been asked to perform a sexual favor, or your boss has asked you on a date, but when you decline, your workplace becomes hostile. All of these examples are illegal. What can you do?

There is help. While your boss is not necessarily breaking the law for being a jerk, or for firing you if he had a legal cause, many times retribution is easy to see since it follows some other illegal act or practice on the part of your employer. If you have become the victim of retribution in your workplace, call the Law Offices of Law Offices of David H. Greenberg at 1-800-252-9776 for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you.

Retribution is a legal term that is not that different from what it means in the outside world-payback. It can happen for many reasons: you have reported your boss for http://www.discriminationattorney.com/lawyer-attorney-1287340.htmlillegal or suspected illegal activity to an outside agency; you have filed a worker’s compensation claim; you have a medical disability and have begun negotiations for a reasonable accommodation; or you have gone to your boss about lost wages, errors in your paychecks, or wage discrimination (you are being paid less than your equal counterpart due to your age, gender, race or other qualified category). Retribution is simple, once one of these examples has happened, you notice that your working environment is suddenly harder, your pay is less, or you are wrongfully terminated from your job.

Retribution is illegal and you are protected from wrongful and discriminatory retribution practices from your boss for many qualified actions. The list above is not all-inclusive; there are many more reasons why your boss cannot fire you without legal cause. Additionally, sexual harassment is a very common ground for retribution. You have been asked to perform a sexual favor, or your boss has asked you on a date, but when you decline, your workplace becomes hostile. All of these examples are illegal. What can you do?

There is help. While your boss is not necessarily breaking the law for being a jerk, or for firing you if he had a legal cause, many times retribution is easy to see since it follows some other illegal act or practice on the part of your employer. If you have become the victim of retribution in your workplace, call the Law Offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you.

There are many jobs that include tips into paychecks for employees. Among them are restaurants, carwashes, coffee shops, valets, deliverymen, bartenders and skycaps. Often, workers do not see their fair share of tips, often promised to make up their less than minimum wage hourly rates. In many recent cases, employers have been facing class action lawsuits when workers discover that they have not been receiving tips that were supposed to go to them.

Starbucks recently had to give $105 million to baristas who did not receive the appropriate share of the tips every day. American Airlines, was found by a Boston jury to have violated Massachusetts tipping laws by instituting a $2 fee for curbside check-in, devastating the tips paid to skycaps, and in turn lowering their wages. This is becoming more and more common among large corporations, but it is also faced every day in small restaurants, carwashes and bars.

It is very important that you keep accurate records. What did you make in tips each day? Because tips vary so much, it is very difficult to go back if you are not keeping records and show that your boss has not been giving you your fare share. However, if you are not meeting the minimum wage with your tips included, or you know that you are not receiving your earned or promised tips, your rights are protected under California and Federal law. Call the Law Offices of Law Offices of David H. Greenberg at 1-800-252-9776 for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you.