Employment Law Attorneys Advocating For The Fair Treatment Of Employees

California employment law is complex, wide-ranging and constantly changing. We have the knowledge and experience to help you make sense of it all. The Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) makes it illegal for employers and their managers to discriminate, harass, retaliate, or fail to prevent/correct this type of illegal behavior when it is based on an employee’s disability/medical leave sex/gender, gender expression and sexual orientation, marital status, race/national origin, veteran status, and other protected categories. If you have been fired after you reported someone to HR for illegal behavior or went on a medical leave, you may have a claim for wrongful termination. The California Labor Code prohibits employers from failing to property pay for overtime, give uninterrupted and timely meal breaks and rest breaks, and provides other protections like pay for off-the-clock work, reimbursement for any necessary business expenses, and pay for technical violations on paystubs.  Employees have a right to sue not only companies but any owner, director, officer or managing agent of the employer who violates basic labor laws relating to minimum wages, overtime, failure to reimburse expenses, and other violations. Under these and other California laws, employees cannot be retaliated against for exercising their rights or for complaining of unlawful practices by the employer.