Common Employment Concerns

Employment law covers a broad array of workplace issues, including: 

• Employer Retaliation – Retaliation occurs when an employer attempts to terminate you or punish you for claims you made regarding harassment, discrimination, unsafe working conditions, or illegal activity at work. 
• Sexual Harassment – Sexual harassment includes repeated sexual undertones or comments at work, unwanted sexual advances by co-workers or bosses, and different treatment at work based on refusing or accepting sexual advances.  Sexual harassment can occur in many ways, sometimes obvious and other times in more discreet ways that may go unrecognized by your colleagues. 
• Gender Discrimination –  Gender discrimination occurs when one gender appears to be getting promotions and other preferential treatment over the opposite gender, or one gender is treated better or worse in the workplace compared to another gender.  The law protects people of all gender identities equally in California. 
• Ageism – Ageism is one of the most commonly overlooked form of discrimination in the workplace.  Ageism can occur when people experience negative comments due to their age,  or they are treated differently at work based on their age. 
• Hour & Wage Problems – Wage and hour violations can occur when you are not paid for overtime, you are forced to work off the clock, or you are not provided meal breaks or rest periods at work.  Wage and Hour violations also occur when you are misclassified as an independent contractor when in fact you are en employee, or when an employer classifies you as exempt, when in fact you are not an exempt employee.