I am pregnant w/ our 1st child and my employer discharged me after I worked for 2 days coming back from a documented leave.

For the hearing, I suggest you prepare an outline of facts you wish to raise during your testimony. Prepare a separate outline of questions you...

Can my employer reduce my wages even though i have a contract that says I'm to make a certain amount.

Generally, an employer has the legal right to increase or decrease wages as it determines appropriate, upon notice to the employee. However it...

My girlfriend was terminated today. employer almost never gave appropriate rest or meal period

It sounds as though your girlfriend worked for a bad employer. Some things you describe are illegal, such as being denied breaks and, if...

Most employers are presumed, by law, to be able to terminate an employment relationship at its will. Unless restricted by contract, they do not...

What is a good settlement amount for being discriminated against?

This is a difficult question for me to answer because as an attorney who has spent his career defending the civil rights of people who have been...

Unfortunately, for most professions there is no mandatory minimum of hours between shifts an employer may schedule (exceptions would include...

Does my employer need to pay me overtime? I started as a student obtained engineering degree B.S. two years later

Based on what you have posted, it sounds as though you were considered a non-exempt employee and should have been paid overtime for all hours...

I was fired from my job after I excused myself from a meeting when I noticed i was going into a manic episode. can they do that

More details are needed to understand whether the employer acted wrongly here. Two essential elements weigh in your favor; that your employer is...

Looking for an attorney

The best place for you to look for experienced employment law attorneys is on the website for the California Employment Attorneys Association, at...

I will be laid off at the end of the year, can they ask me to sign my legal rights away in their general release?

You do not have to sign anything when you are laid off. But when an employer offers severance, it is common practice to condition payment of the...