California Labor Law Attorneys
The employment lawyers at the Popelka Law Group in San Jose, California, provide dedicated and results-oriented representation regarding any employment law or labor law matter such as the following:
- Wrongful Termination: Were you let go because you used your lawful rights as a whistle blower to report workplace safety violations, or because you reported other activity (such as wage and hour violations) at your place of employment?
- Wage & Hour Rights: Were you told that you are not entitled to receive overtime pay because you are a manager or a salaried employee, although your duties show you to be the equivalent of an hourly worker?
- Overtime Pay: Did your employer refuse to pay overtime when you were asked to perform duties outside of your normal working time, in excess of 40 hours a week?
- Unpaid Meal/Break Time: Did your employer neglect to pay you for meal times or break times?
- Discrimination: Have you experienced illegal discrimination on the basis of age, race, sex or sexual orientation on the job?
- Age Discrimination: Were you suddenly let go before you would have qualified to receive a pension or bonus — perhaps because you are over 40, and your employer wanted to cut costs?
- Race Discrimination: Any race can be the target of illegal race discrimination on the job, including whites, blacks, Latinos, Asians and Native Americans.
- Sex Discrimination: Pregnancy discrimination is considered to be a form of sex discrimination, as is sexual harassment.
- Sexual Harassment/Quid Pro Quo: Sexual harassment at work may be subtle (including jokes, suggestive comments, innuendos, "dirty" language and offensive posted images or other materials of a sexual nature — or sexual harassment may be overt and direct (quid pro quo).
- Hostile Work Environment: An employer is responsible for providing a dignified work environment for all employees. Workers ought not to be expected to put up with actions that inhibit their ability to do their jobs unimpeded.
- Retaliation: It is not only illegal for employers to discriminate on the basis of race, age, sex or sexual orientation. It is also illegal for employers to retaliate when workers report or complain about employment discrimination.
- Executive Compensation: The attorneys of the Popelka Law Group in San Jose are valuable allies for executive-level employees who have been short-changed in the area of profit sharing, employee benefits, bonuses, commissions or severance pay.
- Perma-Temp Workers: Learn what a temporary worker's rights are, and how you know if you have been misclassified unjustly as a contractor with unsatisfactory wage differentials and inadequate benefits.
- Class Action: A class action lawsuit brings together a group of workers who are similarly situated and have been injured in a similar way. Class actions are often more efficient for courts and more cost-effective for individual employees than claims by individually named plaintiffs.
Call or e-mail a San Jose, California, employment attorney at our firm regarding any legal issue such as those listed above.
