Businesses are always looking for a competitive edge, and this may directly affect the well-being of employees. The unfair and unethical treatment of workers seems to be happening a lot these days. More and more workers in California and...
Advocating For California Employee Rights
Month: January 2019
Former Adelanto employee files lawsuit after alleged retaliation
Obviously, losing a job can inevitably lead to financial problems. However, when employment is lost as a result of retaliation, the experience can also have severe psychological and emotional ramifications. When employers who participate in illegal or...
Did age discrimination play a role in your termination?
Let us say you were in sales with an Orange County software company. A new manager took over the department where you worked and began making personnel changes.You were passed over for advancement and finally terminated along with two other employees. At the age of...
Family and Medical Leave Act: Determining eligibility
Sometimes, life events, such as an injury or the need to take care of an immediate family member, may force full-time employees in California to take an extended amount of time off from work. Fortunately, options are available...
Retaliation at work is not only wrong, but illegal
Most people would agree that lying is never a good thing. In some cases, lying at work is enough to warrant termination in the state of California. But what if a manager asks an employee to lie about a situation, then fires the employee in retaliation for...
Men can also face gender discrimination
Discriminatory acts, although wrong, are still quite common in California workplaces, despite significant advancements made in modern society. There's no doubt that discrimination can cause extreme psychological and emotional trauma in...