WRONGFUL TERMINATION ATTORNEY LOS ANGELES

Wrongful termination attorneys are needed once an employment termination occurs, or if an employee believes they need to quit their job due to intolerable working conditions. This means the employment must have been severed. If the employment has not ended, and is still occurring the only question is whether the employee has grounds to quit and sue. If an employee is uncertain whether their employment has ended, consultation with a wrongful termination lawyer might be appropriate. These situations often arise when the employee has not been assigned work for an extended period of time, or the employer will not permit the employee to return to work. Presuming an employee’s job has ended either through termination, an employer refusing to assign work, an employer who refuses to allow the employee to come back to work, the next question is whether the situation amounts to wrongful termination for which there is a legal remedy in California. Wrongful termination exists under limited circumstances in California. These circumstances include an employee who is fired for complaining that their employer acted illegally, or suspiciously. It is important to allow an experienced employee lawyer determine whether conduct you complained of and may have been fired for is illegal. Job terminations due to protected characteristics such as age, cancer, disability, FMLA, medical conditions, pregnancy, race, or sex are also wrongful termination.

WRONGFUL TERMINATION LAWYER LOS ANGELES

Job terminations in violation of a non-pay employment contract https://employeelawca.com/los-angeles-breach-of-contract-lawyer may not be wrongful termination, but there may be other remedies a job lawyer can sue for including breach of contract. Additionally, many unfair reasons for a job termination are not wrongful termination. California is an at-will state. Employees can be fired for any reason even if it is a false reason as long as the real reason is not because the employee was a whistleblower about matters of public policy, or because the employment termination violates a protected right such as the right to work with pregnancy related medical conditions that an employer can accommodate without an undue burden. Questions whether employees can quit their job and sue are delicate matters that must be made under the close advice of a highly experienced employee attorney. Intolerable working conditions that justify an employee quitting, like wrongful termination, must be conditions that are illegal or discriminatory based upon a legally protected characteristic. Serious thought must be given whether the condition has been sufficiently complained about to management before the employee quits. Being able to quit and sue in civil court is one issue. The other issue is whether quitting the suing will lead to a path in which an unemployment insurance claim is denied by the State of California.

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WRONGFUL TERMINATION LAWYERS

Wrongful termination lawyers can advise the employee whether they have a strong case, and whether it would be economically efficient to sue. Our wrongful termination lawyers work on a contingency. We are only paid when and if we collect money from the employer. The employee does not have to pay anything up front. Nor is the employee liable to our firm for attorney fees if we are unable to collect from the employer.

We can help if the employee has been fired due to a complaint about something illegal, or they were not given work in a long time. Employees who quit due to intolerable (illegal) working conditions may also have wrongful termination cases. Gripes and complaints amongst non-supervisory coworkers do not bind companies for wrongful termination.

Not all unfair terminations of employment are wrongful terminations. Unless the employee has a contract giving them certain rights it is not illegal to fire an employee for a reason that does not make sense. Firing an employee due to a disability that can be accommodated is illegal. If the employer blew the whistle on their employer and exposed their illegal conduct to a government agency that is wrongful termination. Internal complaints to management about illegal conduct may also expose the employer to wrongful termination if the employee is fired due to their complaint.

Lawyers who sue for wrongful termination must be adept at making factual and logical connections. For example, if three years earlier an employee complained to the health department that their employer was violating a health and safety law, but the manager who fired the employee three years later had no knowledge of the earlier complaint a fact finder and court almost certainly will not find wrongful termination. The employer needs to be on notice of the employee’s objection to the illegal practice, or their protected characteristic in order for them to wrongfully terminate an employee due to those reasons.

All too many times we receive telephone calls from employees who suffer from medical problems that may constitute disabilities their employers should accommodate. However, they never told their employer anything about their medical condition let alone facts about the condition that would render it a disability opposed to an unspecified doctor’s appointment not necessarily of much importance. The employer needs to be aware of the protected characteristic in order to discriminate against it, or wrongfully terminate an employee due to a protected characteristic.

LOS ANGELES WRONGFUL TERMINATION LAWYERS

Firm founder, Karl Gerber, has represented more than 1,200 wrongfully terminated employees since 1993. He has represented additional employees in another 500 employment disputes including sexual harassment and lawsuits for unpaid wages. He has sued employers in a variety of Los Angeles and California industries. He is familiar with the issues and laws that pertain to wrongful termination. The other lawyers in the firm also have significant, and long term experience representing employees in wrongful termination lawsuits.

If we are not able to represent you in connection with your employment issues, and we do not have a smaller law firm to refer you to, you probably do not have a case. Please let us review your wrongful termination lawsuit. Call 877-525-0700 for an experienced wrongful termination attorney.

Our wrongful termination law firm has:

1. Tried more than 50 wrongful termination lawsuits
2. Won many appeals in wrongful termination cases
3. Won a seminal appeal on the issue of being forced to quit and suing
4. With regularity collected large sums of money for employees who are wrongfully terminated
5. Dedicated ourselves to representing employees and nobody else since 1993

Please be realistic about our competition. Very few lawyers have represented employees in wrongful termination lawsuits as long as we have. Few wrongful termination law firms have handled as many wrongful termination lawsuits as our firm. Will the other law firm really file your case, try your case, take the necessary depositions, advance the right costs, and do what must be done to get you the right results?

Anybody can sue for wrongful termination. Our clients bring wrongful termination lawsuits for the right reasons, and receive a quality of representation from an established law firm we do not believe our competitors are capable of replicating.