Orange County Employment Lawyer

California law protects employees from termination on the basis of a number of characteristics including an employee’s disability, pregnancy, gender, age, sexual orientation, political affiliation religion and national origin, or protesting or reporting violations of California employment law such as discrimination, harassment, wage and hour violations and unsafe work conditions, or filing a worker’s compensation claim.

California law protects employees against discrimination based on race, national origin, physical or mental disability, religion, genetic information, marital status, gender, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status.

Sexual harassment comes in many forms and isn’t always about sex, but can be about a person’s gender, sexual orientation, or sexual identity. It can include unwanted touching, sexual slurs, jokes, or comments, displaying inappropriate pictures or other materials, persistent leering, and sending unwanted sexual emails or text messages.

If an employee experiences retaliation for exercising his legal rights in the workplace, or opposes illegal discrimination or harassment, the employee may be entitled to make a claim against his employer.

hese can include failure to pay overtime, failure to pay minimum wage, misclassification as independent contractor and other issues.

California law provides broad protections for employees who report illegal activity in the workplace. When an employee “blows the whistle” and reports activity or conduct that the employee has reason to believe is against the law, the employer is prohibited from taking retaliatory action against the employee.

California employees benefit from generous pregnancy and family leave laws, some of the best in the country.

The class action allows one employee to represent many other employees that have suffered in a similar way.

Defamation – Employers may not slander or libel a former employee, which may make it difficult for the employee to find future work.