When your employer retaliates against you for speaking against injustice, it is common to fear being fired, demoted, or passed over for promotions. However, you do not have to deal with daily taunts and bad behavior; you have options.
The dedicated attorneys at Employee Civil Rights Group have extensive experience fighting for those oppressed by an imbalance of power. Call a Los Angeles workplace retaliation lawyer for help understanding your rights today.
Employers often retaliate when they are angry at an employee who questions their authority or actions. This tends to occur when an employee reports wage violations, but several behaviors can cause their reaction. Retaliation can include:
Our attorneys are known for their personalized and aggressive representation. In this stressful time, a Los Angeles workplace retaliation attorney could work to protect an employee’s best interests.
California’s minimum wage is $16.00 an hour, and the federal minimum wage is $7.25. It is common for miserly employers to try to pay employees the federal amount, but by law, they should be paying the higher of the federal and state minimums.
When an employee files a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), an employer may feel the need to retaliate. For example, a complaint may be about:
A lawyer in Los Angeles could give aggressive representation and personalized attention to a workplace retaliation claim.
The bar is set high when an employee participates in a lawsuit against an employer who retaliates. Our Los Angeles attorneys know this and are skilled at building successful workplace retaliation cases. An attorney must prove the activity the employee participated in was protected—like reporting discrimination or wage and hour violations—and that the employer engaged in retaliatory conduct upon learning about the employee’s actions. The attorney must link both actions, which is usually accomplished by pointing out the timing of the actions and the lack of another explanation for the retaliatory conduct.
Civil actions can result in employees recovering lost wages if they are fired, demoted, or quit because of a toxic workplace, emotional angst, and attorney’s fees.
Our attorneys understand how difficult it is to stand up for what is right when the balance of power is skewed against you. If your employer retaliates, we can help you. Supporting you through aggressive representation, keeping you informed about the progress of your case, and taking a personal interest in you is what we do. Schedule a consultation with a Los Angeles workplace retaliation lawyer from our firm. Call today to get started.
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