Losing your job significantly changes your financial future and the direction your life takes. As a result, it naturally feels unfair if you think that you have lost your job for no reason at all. You haven’t done anything wrong or made any mistakes, and you deserve...
Your termination may be “wrongful” l if your employer fired you for illegal reasons. These include retaliation for participating in a workplace-protected activity and firing based on discriminatory grounds. You can sue your employer if you believe you have been...
Losing a job can be a major source of financial hardship. The average professional does not have enough in savings to cover months of unemployment between positions. Especially if someone works in a well-paid profession, finding a job that offers comparable wages and...
Workplace retaliation is when an employer takes negative action toward an employee in response to some type of formal complaint. For example, maybe the employee alleges that they are being sexually harassed by the CEO of the company. The CEO then fires that employee....
If your superiors mistreat you or you witness employer misconduct, you have the right to file a complaint or report. Unfortunately, some employers react inappropriately when employees exercise this and other rights. They may retaliate against the worker, which usually...
It's very difficult to be in a situation where you witness something at work that you believe to be discrimination. Even though you know you should file a complaint because you don't want the behavior to continue, you hesitate because you're worried about what might...
You exercised your rights and filed a complaint against your employer for wrongdoing (discrimination, safety violations, etc.). Unfortunately, your superiors mistreated you because of your complaint, and now you are pursuing an employment retaliation claim. Can...
The protections provided by the California Whistleblower Protection Act could be expanded further if a bill currently in the California Senate makes it through both chambers of the legislature and is signed into law. The legislation, Senate Bill (SB) 947, would give...
Many people don't understand whistleblower protections. There are a lot of myths floating around about whistleblowing that affect who speaks up and also who gets the protection offered by federal whistleblower laws. One coming misconception about whistleblower...
You are an employee who has just complained to your company’s human resources department, as well as your supervisor, about mistreatment you are receiving from one of the organization’s higher-ups. This person has been rude and condescending to you on a number of...
