Los Angeles Employment Lawyer Blog

The EEOC, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, is a US federal agency empowered by Congress to help enforce laws prohibiting discrimination in the workplace. In addition to regulating companies that commit acts of discrimination, the EEOC takes complaints from employees who feel their rights are being violated. In their broad-based investigations, the EEOC examines a company’s practices to see if there is hidden discrimination in hiring, promoting, firing, or payment practices, to name a few ways an employer can discriminate against an employee.

The EEOC also works to educate companies and the public on what constitutes discrimination. Its various federal laws include the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. An experienced employment lawyer can help you determine if you have been the victim of one of the various types of discrimination.

If you are an employee in the California workplace and believe you have been the victim of any form of discrimination, the Law Offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP are here to help you defend your rights. We understand the EEOC and the various laws it regulates. Don’t wait --- call the California law offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) today. Your consultation is free! And you will have the chance to speak with one of our experienced employment attorneys to hear how we can help you.

Last week, Governor Schwarzenegger signed a law that will change the way temp workers are paid by temp agencies which employ them. Under this new law, which goes into effect in January, temporary service agencies must pay temps every week instead of every other week. The law also requires agencies to pay temps daily when they work for a client on a “day-to-day basis.” However, there is an exception with temp employee on assignment for over 90 consecutive calendar days. The weekly payment requirement will not apply to these employees unless their employers pay them weekly.

Are you a temp employee? Here are a variety of situations that show when an employee might be considered a temp worker:

• You are employed by a temporary employment agency and placed in a temporary job at another company’s work site


• The agency or the company where you work tells you when, where and how to do your job


• You are paid by the hour, week or month instead of a set amount for completing a specific job

Of course, an experienced employment lawyer will be able to help you determine if you are a temp worker and thus, under this new law starting January, qualify for receiving your wages weekly. The knowledgeable employment attorneys at Greenberg & Rudman might be able to assist you. If you are in California, call us now at the Law Offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and to hear how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you.

Do you have a criminal record? Have you been fired because of the felonies or misdemeanors on your criminal record? If so, you might have a cause of action against your employer. While an employer may be held liable for the negligent hiring of a certain type of convicted felon for the injuries caused by that worker if the employer should not have hired the person in light of his dangerous propensities, the law limits what kinds of background checks on employer can use.

Depending on the job, additional investigations into the potential employee’s background might be appropriate, including a criminal check, drug screening or credit report. If you believe your employer has crossed the line and invaded your lawfully protected rights as an employee in California, an experienced employment lawyer might be able to help you. Some employers are legally required to conduct background checks for certain jobs and many others do so to as a safe guard. Under the FRCA, you must sign a release allowing your employer, or potential employer, to perform a background check.

The typical employment background check examines:

• School records
  
• Credit reports


• Driving records


• Bankruptcies


• Criminal records


• Workers' compensation records


• Military service records

If you live and/or work in CA and your employer has performed an illegal or without consent background check on you, call the knowledgeable employment lawyers at Greenberg & Rudman LLP. We are here to help you. Call 1-800-ALAWPRO (1-800-252-9776) now for a free consultation regarding your legal rights.

Last week, ten thousand writers settled their class action law suit against a large talent agency, ICM, winning in over $4 million in damages for the writers. The writers claimed that the agency discriminated against older writers by refusing to represent them and also by not referring them for various jobs they were qualified for. These writers, who were 40 years old and older, are protected by the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967.

The EEOC, or Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, enforces the Age Discrimination in Employment Act a federal law that protects individuals who are 40 years of age or older from employment discrimination based on age. The ADEA's protections apply to both employees and job applicants. Under this federal law, it is illegal to discriminate against a person because of his/her age when hiring, firing, promoting, laying off, compensating, or providing benefits, job assignments, or training, or any other term of employment, to an employee or potential employee.

If you are a CA employee over 40 and believe you are or have been the victim of age discrimination, call an experienced employment lawyer today. The knowledgeable employment attorneys at Greenberg & Rudman LLP might be able to assist you in protecting your rights. If you are in California, call us now at the Law Offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) for a free consultation regarding your legal rights.

Do you suffer from allergies? Are your allergies made even worse at work? If you are disabled, or have a record of being disabled and can demonstrate that while your disability results in a physical limitation you can still perform the essential functions of the job but your employer has discriminated against you because of your allergies, you might have a cause of action against your employer. An experienced employment lawyer will help you determine whether or not you have been discriminated against by your employer.

Your employer might have discriminated against you by taking adverse action such as not hiring, firing, or demoting you because of your allergies. An allergy is disorder of the immune system suffered by millions of Americans. Dust, pollen, and food are common allergies. If your allergies have rendered you disabled, your employer cannot discriminate against you by not allowing you to miss work for medical appointments or to receive your allergy shots or by not providing you with reasonable accommodations at work.

If you suffer from a disability, including allergies, the experienced employment attorneys at Greenberg & Rudman LLP might be able to assist you in protecting your rights. If you are in California, call us now at the Law Offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and to hear how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you.

Are you an employee in Irvine, CA? Are you the victim of discrimination or harassment in your workplace? The experienced legal team of Greenberg & Rudman LLP are here to help you. Irvine, California is a beautiful city to live and work in. With a majority of its residents employed in the education or real estate industries, the almost 200,000 residents, many of them are Asian Americans and other minorities.

Racial, sex, gender, age, nationality, and religious discrimination at work are illegal in California. Both federal and state laws protect CA residents from having to suffer from discrimination and/or harassment in their CA workplace. A knowledgeable Irvine, CA employment attorney will help you defend your rights.

If you live and/or work in Irvine, CA, and believe you have been the victim of race, religious, sex, gender, age, or nationality discrimination in your workplace, call the local law offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) today. We have been practicing employment law in Irvine and Southern California for 50 years! Your consultation is free! And you will have the chance to speak with one of our knowledgeable employment attorneys to hear how we can help you.

Two female employees won a lawsuit against their employer, a large law firm, after showing they were the victims of a form of gender discrimination --- pregnancy discrimination. One female was let go in what the firm called “downsizing.” The other woman’s salary was cut just before she left on maternity leave. According to the judge, both women had been the victims of pregnancy discrimination.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a federal law that protects employees from any type of race, color, religion, sex, or nationality discrimination. Included in this is pregnancy discrimination against a female employee. If your employer discriminates against you because you are pregnant by demoting you, cutting your pay, not providing you with certain benefits, or firing you an experienced employment attorney can help you defend your rights.

If you live and work in California and you believe that you have been or are currently the victim of pregnancy discrimination, or discrimination of any sort, call the California law offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) today. Your consultation is free! And you will have the chance to speak with one of our knowledgeable employment attorneys to hear how we can help you.

According to a recent report by the EEOC, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, discrimination in the workplace is on the decline. This includes racial, sex, gender, nationality, and religious discrimination. In part due to the efforts of the EEOC, there have been positive changes in the composition of the national work force. Overall, the representation of women, Hispanic or Latinos, African Americans, and Asians has slightly increased.

While this is great news for many American workers, the results of this study does not mean that all types of discrimination have been completely eliminated in the CA workplace. If you are or have been the victim of race, sex, gender, religious, or nationality discrimination, an experienced employment lawyer can help you defend your rights.

If you are a CA employee and believe your employer has discriminated against you because of your race, religion, sex, gender, or nationality a knowledgeable employment attorney can help you defend your rights as an employee in California. Call the Law Offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) now for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and to hear how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to assist you.

Religious discrimination in the work place is against the law in California. Whether your employer discriminates against you because you are a member of a certain religious group or because you are not a member of a particular religion, both types of discrimination are illegal. Recently, a CA jury awarded a female employee over $6 million dollars because they found that her employer had not promoted her because she was not a member of a certain religious group --- one that her employer happened to belong to. An experienced employment attorney can help you recover damages if you have been discriminated against at your job because of your religion.

Religious discrimination can take place in many forms. Examples include:

• Your boss favors employees who are a member of a certain religious denomination, especially if it is the same group s/he belongs to


• Your boss demotes or does not promote you because you are a certain religion


• Your boss has fired you because of your religious beliefs


• Your boss harasses you because of your religion / religious background

If you live in CA and believe you have been the victim of religious discrimination, or any other type of discrimination, call the experienced legal team of Greenberg & Rudman LLP. Our knowledgeable California employment lawyers might be able to help you recover damages for any pain, suffering, or lost wages you may have incurred as a result of discrimination. Call us at Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and to hear how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you.

Once again, non-compete clauses in employment contracts are considered to be illegal in California, with a few minor exceptions. In 1872, CA decided it would favor open competition, rather than allowing non-compete clauses in employment contracts and another CA Supreme Court case has upheld this notion. In a recent case against accounting firm Arthur Anderson LLP, the Court stated that California employers cannot by contract prevent former employees from engaging in their profession, trade or business, unless the contract falls within one of the specific statutory or judicially created exceptions.

The exceptions to when the law does allow non-compete clauses are:

• When a business owner sells his business in goodwill


• When an owner is disposing of all shares in a corporation


• When the owner of a business is selling all or substantially all of the operating
assets and goodwill of a business

• When a partner is dissolving or withdrawing from a partnership


• When a former employee uses a former employer's trade secrets or confidential
proprietary information to solicit the business of the former employer's customers

• When a former employee engages in other types of unfair competition

If you have signed a non-compete clause with your employer that does not fall within one of the protected categories, you need the experience of a knowledgeable legal team to help you defend your rights as a California employee. If you live in CA, the employment attorneys at Greenberg & Rudman LLP are here to help you. Don’t waste time, call us now at the Law Offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and to hear how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to assist you.

As an employee in California, you are entitled to receive your paycheck via the use of debit cards or money checks. California’s labor enforcement agency, the DLSE, recently approved the use of both of the methods of payment for employees to receive their wages stating that they comply with the wage payment regulations of the California Labor Code. Talk to your employer to receive either of these methods of wage payment.

Wage payment by use of debit cards involves payroll being deposited into debit card accounts on scheduled paydays. As an employee, you can use the cards to gain immediate access to your full wages. You can also make at least one withdrawal without a transaction fee. The payment of wages using money checks involves you, the employee, being given a book of blank checks by your employer. On each payday, you call a toll free number and are given an authorization code to write on the check. You can then cash the payroll check at designated locations in California. In both of these methods of wage payment, participation is voluntary.

If you have discussed these options with your employer and he is unwilling to accommodate you, you might have a legal claim. Experienced employment attorneys will help you determine if you do have a legal claim against your employer. If you live or work in CA and you believe you have not been properly accommodated by your employer, Greenberg & Rudman LLP is here to help. Call our experienced employment attorneys now at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) today for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and to hear how one of our lawyers may be able to help you.

Mono, or mononucleosis, is a virus that could be affecting how you work. Also known as the “kissing disease,” mono occurs most commonly in adolescents and young adults, but could be lying dormant in your workplace, waiting to infect you. Mono is typically transmitted from individuals not showing outward signs of the virus through saliva, or by sharing a drink, or sharing eating utensils.

Symptoms of mono include:

• Fever
  
• Lymph nodes that are tender and enlarged/swollen


• Sore throat


• Muscle weakness or aching muscles


• Mental fatigue


• Enlarged spleen


• Abdominal pain


• Headache


• Loss of appetite


• Depression


• Diarrhea


• Dizziness or disorientation

If you are suffering from mono, you must show your employer that you are disabled and that your disability results in physical limitations but that you are still able to perform the essential functions of your job. At that point, your employer needs to reasonably accommodate your disability and cannot discriminate against you because of your disability. Ways you might be discriminated against include not allowing you to miss work for doctor’s appointments and not accommodating your need for additional rest due to your illness.

If you live in California you feel your employer has discriminated against you or is currently discriminating against you as a result of your disability, call the experienced employment attorneys at Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) now. Our employment lawyers will give you a free consultation regarding your legal rights and explain how we may be able to help you. Your call is completely confidential, and we are here to help.

If you are an employee in or resident of Torrance, CA, the experienced legal team of Greenberg & Rudman LLP is here to help you. With a population of over 150,000 people (and the number growing every year) many Torrance, California employees are finding themselves to be victims of discrimination at their place of work. Both federal and state laws prohibit discrimination at work. Types of discrimination include racial, gender, sexual orientation, religious, and nationality.

Torrance is home to the US headquarters of two large automakers and also has a thriving aviation industry. While a lot of the oil business has dried up, a large number of employees in Torrance, CA also work at one of the local oil refineries. No matter where you work, or in which industry, as a California employee you deserve the rights afforded to you by federal and state law. Knowledgeable employment lawyers understand these rights.

If you live and/or work in Torrance or the greater Los Angeles area and believe you have been the victim of discrimination at work or you have another type of employment claim against your employer, the law offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) are here to help you. Call us now and you will receive a free consultation regarding your legal rights and hear how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to assist you.

FEHA, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, is a powerful California statute used to protect CA employees and fight sexual harassment and other forms of unlawful discrimination in employment and housing. FEHA governs employers and labor organizations, to name a few. As a law, it prohibits employment discrimination based on race or color; religion; nationality, physical or mental disability or medical condition; marital status; gender; sexual orientation; age (with respect to persons over the age of 40); and pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. Essentially, under FEHA, all forms of discrimination in the work place are illegal.

Additionally, FEHA also prohibits retaliation against an employee for opposing any practice forbidden by FEHA (such as discrimination) or for filing a complaint, testifying, or assisting in proceedings under FEHA. Not only can your employer not discriminate against you in any way or for any reason, but he cannot retaliate against you for reporting such discrimination, whether it is against you or someone else you work with.

If you live in California and you feel your employer has discriminated against or retaliated against you for reporting discrimination at your job, call the experienced employment attorneys at Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) now. Our experienced employment lawyers will give you a free consultation regarding your legal rights and explain how we may be able to help you. Your call is completely confidential, and we are here to help.

California gas prices are astronomical. As many CA employees are realizing, it is becoming very costly to drive to work. But as an employee, do you have any other options? Perhaps. First, it is important that you discuss your situation with your boss. More and more employers are recognizing that the cost of gas is making it uneconomical for employees to drive to work --- many employees simply do not make enough money to justify the drive. As a result, employers have begun to work with their employees.

Some employers are allowing their employees to work 4 day work weeks. This means longer hours on those 4 days, but less driving. Other employers are subsidizing employee use of public transportation and reimbursing for mileage. Even better, some employers are allowing employees to telecommute, or work from home. It is in your employers’ best interest to work with you, the employee, to create a comfortable work environment.

If you have spoken with your employer and he will not only not listen to your needs but has begun to retaliate or discriminate against you for requesting reasonable accommodations in your work commute, contact the experienced legal team at Greenberg & Rudman LLP. If you live and work in CA, our experienced employment attorneys are here to help you defend your rights. Call our employment attorneys at Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and to hear how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to assist you.

Are you a California employee experiencing a loss in sexual drive or desire? The law might be on your side. A recent court ruling found that the loss of sexual desire is a disability requiring reasonable accommodation. Under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, one way for an employee to show his or her disability is to demonstrate that the alleged disability substantially limits one or more of the major life activities. A person is substantially limited when he or she is unable to perform, or significantly restricted in performing, a major life activity that the average person in the general population can perform.

This recent employment case indicates that the definition of disability has been expanded to include both physical and mental impairments which might limit your ability to engage in sexual relations. Sexual relations qualify as a major life activity under Federal laws. Other major life activities include hearing, seeing, walking, speaking, learning, working, performing manual tasks or caring for oneself. If you are a disabled employee you are protected by law. If your employer is not recognizing your disability, whether it is a sexually related one or not, an experienced employment lawyer can help you.

The knowledgeable California employment lawyers of Greenberg& Rudman LLP will help you make sure your employer is recognizing your disability and providing you with appropriate and reasonable accommodations. Call us now and you will receive a free consultation regarding your legal rights and learn how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to assist you.

The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is intended to prohibit discrimination against employees with disabilities. This law applies specifically to federal employees and covers programs conducted by Federal agencies, programs receiving federal funds (such as colleges participating in federal student loan programs), and employment practices of businesses with federal contracts. The Act covers a wide range of mental and physical impairments that significantly limit a major life activity. An experienced employment lawyer will help you determine if you are covered by this Act.

The Act provides a wide range of services designed to help persons with physical or mental impairments, which result in a substantial impediment to employment. The goal of the Act is to assist a disabled federal employee in preparing for and engaging in gainful employment to the extent of their capabilities. As an eligible employee you have the option either to develop your own Individualized Plan for Employment Services, which can be tailored to your specific needs through an Individualized Plan for Employment or request the assistance of a qualified vocational rehabilitation counselor to help you in determining your special needs.

If you live and work in California and believe you qualify as a protected federal employee under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the knowledgeable employment lawyers at Greenberg & Rudman LLP are here to help you. Call 1-800-ALAWPRO (1-800-252-9776) now for a free consultation regarding your legal rights.

Are you a CA employee suffering from AIDS or HIV? AIDS is caused by HIV, or the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. A recent survey taken by the Center for Disease Control shows that the number of Americans infected by the AIDS virus each year is much higher than the government has been estimating. Over 1 million Americans, many of those living and working in California, are living with the AIDS virus.

If you are an employee in California and you have HIV or AIDS, your employer cannot discriminate against you because of your condition. Both Federal and CA state law protect employees with HIV or AIDS from being discriminated against by their employer. Your employer might discriminate against you for having HIV/AIDS by not allowing you to work for fear of spreading the infection or by not allowing you to take off time for doctor’s appointments.

HIV, or Human Immunodeficiency Virus, is a virus that attacks a person’s immune system. While it is NOT possible to become infected with HIV through sharing eating utensils or a toilet seat with an infected person, or touching, hugging, shaking hands or eating food prepared by someone with HIV, HIV can be transmitted during breastfeeding, intravenous drug use, and unprotected sexual intercourse.

Have you been the victim of discrimination in your work place as a result of having HIV/AIDS? If you live in California, call the experienced employment attorneys at the Law Offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) now! You will receive a free consultation regarding your legal rights and hear how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you.

Both male and female employees in California might be entitled to a leave of absence under the Family and Medical Leave Act. An increasing number of men are filing claims under this Act, whether it be because they are a single parent and desire to spend more time with their child or children, or because they want to care for an ailing parent or other close family member, or because they want to spend time with their newborn. As a man or woman employed in CA, you might be eligible for time off under the Act, and an informed employment lawyer will help you determine whether or not you qualify.

The FMLA grants eligible employees up to a total of 12 workweeks of unpaid leave during any 12-month period for one or more of the following reasons:

• The birth of and to care for your newborn child


• To care for your immediate family member (spouse, child, or parent) with a serious health condition


• Medical leave when you are unable to work because of a serious health condition

If you are a man or woman working in California and your employer will not grant you a leave of absence under the Family and Medical Leave but you believe you are entitled to the leave, a knowledgeable employment attorney can help. Call the Law Offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) now for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and to hear how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you.

Breast-feeding employees in California have the law on their side. In 2002, legislature amended the California Labor Code to require that employers provide “lactation accommodation.” This means that your employer must provide you with a reasonable amount of time to accommodate your need to provide breast milk to your infant child and to make reasonable efforts to provide you, the employee, with the use of a location, other than a bathroom, in close proximity to your work area to express your milk in private. For example, a room equipped with security cameras does not offer an adequate level of privacy for a woman needing to perform the breast milking process.

If you have talked with your employer about your breast-feeding needs and your employer is not providing you with reasonable accommodations, an experienced employment attorney can help you fight for your rights as a breast-feeding female employee. Also, your employer cannot discriminate against you or harass you because of your needs, which are protected by law. Forms of discrimination might include firing you, demoting you, or not providing you with reasonable accommodations in your work place.

The experienced employment lawyers at Greenberg & Rudman LLP are here to help you. If you are a woman in the CA work place who feels your breast milk feeding needs are not being taken seriously, or are causing your to be the victim of discrimination or harassment at work, call the legal team at Greenberg & Rudman LLP today at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) today for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and to hear how one of our lawyers may be able to help you.

Employees in the San Fernando Valley have the legal team of Greenberg & Rudman LLP on their side. Are you a resident of the San Fernando Valley? Or do you work in the San Fernando Valley? If you answered yes to one of these questions and you have an employment claim you would like to bring against your employer, call the experienced employment lawyers at Greenberg & Rudman LLP today.

Our attorneys have over 50 years of legal and court room experience and know how to defend your employment law rights. With a population of almost two million people, California’s San Fernando Valley is home to thousands of employees, many of whom have been the victim of discrimination, harassment, and/or other employment related claims. The experienced employment lawyers at Greenberg & Rudman LLP have fought for the rights of these victims and won hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages for these employees.

California and federal law protects CA workers and the employment attorneys at Greenberg & Rudman LLP know the law. If you live or work in the San Fernando Valley and you believe you have been discriminated against or harrassed by your employer, Greenberg & Rudman LLP is here to help. Call our experienced employment attorneys now at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) today for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and to learn how one of our lawyers may be able to help you.

Are you currently suffering from a painful ulcer and trying your hardest to make it through the work day? An experienced California employment lawyer might be able to help you make sure your employer does not discriminate against you because of your medical condition. An ulcer is a sore on the lining of your digestive tract, mouth, or bladder and can be aggravated by physical or emotional stress. Fortunately, there is medication available that can treat your ulcer.

Are you wondering if you have an ulcer? Possible signs of an ulcer include:

• You feel better when you eat or drink and but you feel worse 1 or 2 hours later


• You feel worse when you eat or drink


• You experience stomach pain that wakes you up at night


• You feel full fast


• You have a heavy feeling, bloating, burning or a dull pain in your stomach


• You experience unexpected weight loss

Federal and California law protects you from being discriminated against because of your medical disability. If your ulcer has progressed to the point of a medical disability and your employer is not acknowledging your disability by allowing you to take time off work for medical appointments or providing you with reasonable work-site accommodations for your ulcer, you might have a cause of action against your employer.

The experienced employment attorneys at Greenberg & Rudman might be able to assist you in protecting your rights. If you are in California, call us now at the Law Offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and to hear how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you.

In a recent employment case, the state Supreme Court unanimously supported a male police officer who claimed he had been the victim of religious discrimination. The police officer, a Jewish man, claimed that his co-workers continually made derogatory comments and jokes regarding his Jewish heritage. The court agreed that the comments went beyond teasing and were in fact discriminatory and that the officer was the victim of religious discrimination in his work place.

Religious discrimination is against the law in California and throughout the country. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits employers with 15 or more employees from discriminating against you, the employee, because of your religion when hiring you, firing you, and/or other terms and conditions of your employment. This might include harassing comments made in ‘jest’ that are discriminatory in nature. An experienced employment lawyer will help you determine if you are the victim of religious discrimination in your work place.

If you live and work in California and you believe that you have been or are currently the victim of religious discrimination, or discrimination of any sort, call the California law offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) today. Your consultation is free! And you will have the chance to speak with one of our knowledgeable employment attorneys to hear how we can help you.

More male employees in California and throughout the country are taking legal matters regarding their employment into their own hands. According to a recent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission study, the number of men who have filed sexual harassment claims against their employers has almost doubled. Although sexual harassment or gender-based discrimination in the work place tends to occur more often against women, men are also victims of such harassment.

Federal law protects both men and women from being discriminated against on the basis of gender, race, religion, nationality, or color. Male employees in California should not be afraid to come forward if they are being sexually harassed or discriminated against because they are male. An experienced employment attorney can help you stand up for your rights.

If you are man, or woman, in the California workplace and believe you have been the victim of sexual harassment or any form or discrimination, the Law Offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP are here to help you defend your rights. Your consultation is free! And you will have the chance to speak with one of our experienced employment attorneys to hear how we can help you. Call NOW!

In a recent California employment case, the court decided that it is up to you, the employee, when or whether to take your meal and rest breaks. In other words, your employer does not have to make sure you take your legally-permitted breaks. However, your employer cannot prevent you from using these rest periods and instead needs to make them available to you, the employee. This ruling is good news for many employees, such as food servers and others who would prefer the flexibility in deciding when to take their meal and/or rest period. As an employee, you do not have to take your rest period during busy times, when you might be able to earn greater tips or sales. Rather you can wait to take your break until a time that works best for you.

Depending on the hours you work, your meal and rest periods can vary. Typically, as an employee in California you receive a 30 minute meal break after 5 hours of work. Also, California Labor Code requires that your employer permit you, the employee, to take a rest period lasting at least 10 minutes for every 4 hours worked. While there are a few exceptions to the CA meal break and rest breaks rules, an experienced lawyer will be able to help you make sure your rights as a CA employee are being protected. As the new ruling indicates, it is up to you, the employee, to decide when you would like to take your break, so long as you have worked the required hours.

If you are an employee in CA and you feel like your employer is not providing you with the appropriate breaks for either meals or rest, call the Law Offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP now at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) for a free consultation regarding your legal rights. You will have the chance to speak with one of our experienced employment attorneys and hear how we may be able to help you. Your call is completely confidential.

As a California employee, your rights are protected if you suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. An anxiety disorder, PTSD is a severe and ongoing emotional reaction to an extreme psychological trauma. Several federal laws protect individuals who suffer from mental disabilities against disability discrimination. An experienced employment attorney will help you if your rights are not being taken care of by your employer.

Do you suffer from PSTD? Here are a few signs of the anxiety disorder:

• You experience troublesome memories, flashbacks that are usually caused by reminders of the traumatic events, or recurring nightmares about the trauma


• You avoid places, people, and experiences that remind you of the trauma


• you have feelings of anger, guilt, grief, or bitterness


• you are often unable to process information, to make decisions, or to remember common words


• you withdraw from family and friends, or use drugs and/or alcohol to excess

As a CA employee suffering from a proven mental disability, your employer needs to provide you with certain reasonable accommodations, including time off work for psychotherapy appointments. If you live in California and suffer from PTSD, but feel your needs are not being met by your employer, a knowledgeable employment attorney can help. To stand up for your rights, call the law offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) NOW. You will receive a free consultation regarding your legal rights and learn how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you.

In late July, the court affirmed another retaliation case in favor of an employee and against her employer. The female employee did not feel comfortable testifying against another employee in a discrimination case and lost her job as a result. Fortunately, the court recognized her employer’s misconduct and, with the help of her attorney, awarded her $4 million in damages. If you have been retaliated against by your employer, an experienced employment attorney will be able to assist you.

Retaliation is against the law. Your employer may not fire, demote, harass or otherwise "retaliate" against you for filing a charge of discrimination, participating in a discrimination proceeding, or, such as the woman in the case above, opposing discrimination. Federal law prohibits retaliation against employees who oppose unlawful discrimination or participate in an employment discrimination proceeding.

If you live and work in California and believe you have been retaliated against in your place of work, call the law offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) NOW. You will receive a free consultation regarding your legal rights and learn how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you.

Age discrimination, or ageism, is against the law. As an employee, you should get and keep your job based on your ability, not your age. Fortunately, the Government has acknowledged this growing problem in work places and enacted the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). This federal law protects employees age 40 and over from discrimination in their jobs because of age and states that your employer may not fire, refuse to hire, or treat you differently than other employees because of your age. Recently, a male employee won an $11 million dollar verdict against his employer after proving he was fired as a result his age, which his employer considered too old.

If you feel you have been discriminated against at work because of your age, an experienced employment lawyer can help. Here are a few examples of how your employer might have discriminated against you:

• Your employer wanted a younger-looking person to do the job and you weren't hired


• Money was tight, so your boss kept younger workers who are paid less and fired you


• Your employer repeatedly gave you poor performance evaluations that were underserved and then used your "record" of poor performance to justify firing or demoting you


• Your boss turned you down for a promotion and hired a younger person from outside the company

If you have been the victim of age discrimination or any other form of discrimination or harassment in your California work place, the knowledgeable employment attorneys at Greenberg & Rudman LLP are here to help. Call the law offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) NOW. You will receive a free consultation regarding your legal rights and learn how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to assist you in defending your rights.

Are you a California employee married to someone in the armed forces? If the answer is yes, read on for good news regarding your rights as the spouse of a deployed soldier. Recent legislation signed by Governor Schwarzenegger requires most employers to grant up to 10 days of unpaid leave to qualified employees. In this use of the term ‘’qualified,’’ you are a qualified employee if you work an average of 20 or more hours per week and are married to a member of the U.S. armed forces who is deployed during a period of military conflict to designated combat zone. This definition of ‘qualified’ also includes spouses of members of the National Guard or reserves deployed during a period of military conflict. As such a spouse, you are eligible to take time off only during periods in which your soldier-spouse is on leave from deployment, or "qualified leave periods.” An experienced employment attorney will make sure your needs are being met in your workplace.

This statute is currently in effect and it is against the law for your employer to retaliate against you for requesting or taking the leave provided by this new statute. Ways your employer can retaliate against you include:

• Firing you


• Demoting You


• Harassing You

If you are married to a person in the armed forces, National Guard, or reserves, you might qualify for this special leave under the statute. If you have spoken to your employer and she will not grant you the leave, or your employer has retaliated against you in any way for requesting to take or taking the leave, the experienced employment attorneys at Greenberg & Rudman might be able to assist you. If you are in California, call us now at the Law Offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and to hear how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you.

The political party you support is none of your employer's business. In fact, it is against the law for your employer to discriminate against you, fire you, or harass you because of the party (Democrat, Republican, Independent, etc ...) you support. Additionally, the California Labor Code says that it is unlawful for your employer to coerce or influence or attempt to coerce or influence you through threat of termination, demotion, or harassment in order to get you to adopt or follow or not adopt or follow any particular political party or activity.

Political speech at work generally is not protected by the First Amendment. Both government and non-government employees are prohibited by federal law (the Hatch Act) from wearing buttons in favor of or against a party or displaying campaign posters or stickers where they work. In terms of political speech, your employer has the authority to control how you, the employee, express yourself on the job when in regards to your political affiliation. Unfortunately, your employer may discipline or terminate you if you act unprofessionally or create disturbances in the workplace.

Do you believe you have been discriminated against or retaliated against as a result of your political leanings? Our knowledgeable California employment lawyers might be able to help you recover damages for any pain, suffering, or lost wages you may have incurred as a result of retaliation. If you live in California, call our employment attorneys at Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and to hear how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you.

Employees in Los Angeles, CA must be given the proper treatment and attention due to them under the law. No matter your race, religion, nationality, sexuality, or gender, as a California employee you must be treated fairly in all aspects of employment. Several federal and state laws are in place to give Los Angeles employees or workers the right to be treated fairly and respectfully. An experienced LA employment attorney can help defend you rights.

Los Angeles is the largest city in California and that means a lot of employees. Los Angeles is home to people from more than 140 countries speaking 224 different identified languages. This diversity could potentially lead to race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, gender, or age discrimination in your work place. Again, federal and California laws protect LA employees against such discrimination.

If you live and/or work in Los Angeles and believe you have an employment claim against your employer, the law offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) are here to help you. Call us now and you will receive a free consultation regarding your legal rights and hear how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to assist you.

Your employer cannot discriminate against just because you because you suffer from dyslexia. There are circumstances in which dyslexia can be considered a disability at work such as when your dyslexia has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. While it does not affect your intelligence, dyslexia may, at times, affect your ability to perform your work by impairing your ability to learn, retain, and express information. Dyslexia can also affect how you speak.

Some symptoms of dyslexia in adults include:

• You find it difficult to process information you hear


• You are slow at reading


• You are hesitant to speak and have difficulty finding appropriate words


• You have trouble organizing ideas to write a letter or paper


• You have poor spelling

As with any recognized disability, both California and Federal law prohibit an employer from discriminating against you or harassing you if you suffer from dyslexia that qualifies as a disability. Dyslexia will not be considered a disability unless it substantially hinders your learning ability or ability to work. If it is severe enough to be a disability, your employer has an obligation to provide reasonable accommodation to you so that you can perform the essential functions of your job. Your employer may not take any adverse action against you because of your dyslexia.

If you live in California and your dyslexia is shown to be a disability and you feel your employer has discriminated against you as a result of your disability by not allowing you to take time off work for medical appointments or not providing you with reasonable on-site accommodations for your disability, call the experienced employment attorneys at Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) now. Our experienced employment lawyers will give you a free consultation regarding your legal rights and explain how we may be able to help you. Your call is completely confidential, and we are here to help.

If you live in Glendale, California and feel you have been or currently are the victim of discrimination at work, call the Law Offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP today. Glendale boasts a population of over 200,000 residents, many of them employees. The experienced employment attorneys at Greenberg & Rudman LLP have successfully represented many Glendale, CA employees. With over four decades of court experience, the legal team at Greenberg & Rudman LLP is your solution if you are facing discrimination, or harassment, in your workplace.

An employer can discriminate against an employee in various ways. A few examples of discrimination in the work place include:

• Racial


• Sexual Orientation


• Gender


• Religion


• Nationality / National Origin

An employee in CA is protected against discrimination by both state and federal laws. If you live or work in Glendale, CA and you believe you have been discriminated against by your employer, or at work, Greenberg & Rudman LLP is here to help. Call our experienced employment attorneys now at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) today for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and to hear how one of our lawyers may be able to help you.

Are you an employee living and working in CA with a legal claim to bring against your employer? Such a claim could include workplace discrimination, harassment, or medical disability discrimination. You might be too late. Recently, employers have been inserting a clause into their job applications in which the employee or potential employee waives their right to sue their employer if 6 months since the incident spurring the claim has occurred. An experienced employment attorney will be able to assist you if you have recently experienced on the job discrimination or harassment because of your race, age, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, or because you suffer from a medical disability.

California and Federal law protect you, the employee, from being discriminated against. However, if you have signed one of the waivers many employers are inserting into their applications which says you have 6 months to file your claim, you had better act now. While the courts have found this time restriction in applications to be legal, discrimination or harassment in the workplace is not.

If you live and work in California and believe you have recently been the victim of discrimination or harassment at your place of work, call the knowledgeable employment lawyers of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) NOW. Our experienced employment attorneys understand the law and know your rights. Call now for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and to hear how one of our knowledgeable employment lawyers may be able to help you.