No matter where you clock in each day, California law protects you from unlawful treatment on the job. The attorneys at Employment Rights Lawyers, APC represent employees across the state, from the coastal biotech corridors to the inland valleys, and everywhere in between.
Why Employees Across California Turn to Us
A Statewide Practice Built Entirely Around Employee Rights
Whether you have faced discrimination, harassment, retaliation, an unlawful firing, or any other violation of your workplace rights, you deserve lawyers who do nothing else but employment law. Employment Rights Lawyers, APC gives employees direct access to attorneys who understand the pressures workers face in California’s fast-moving industries, including technology, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, and the professional trades.
We build every case with an eye toward trial, even though most matters end up resolved through negotiation or settlement long before a courtroom is involved. That preparation gives us leverage, and when a case calls for it, we have the resources and the will to litigate. We take cases on contingency, so you owe no attorney fees unless we recover money on your behalf. Our objective is straightforward: protect your rights and pursue the strongest outcome available under California law.
Employment Law Is the Only Law We Practice
Discrimination
State law bars employers from basing job decisions on protected traits, including age, disability, race, sex, religion, pregnancy, or sexual orientation. If you were passed over for a promotion, singled out for different treatment, disciplined without cause, or let go because of who you are, you may have grounds for a claim. We represent employees statewide in discrimination matters tied to hiring, promotions, pay gaps, and terminations.
Harassment
A hostile work environment can make it nearly impossible to do your job well. Harassment can take the form of unwelcome sexual conduct, demeaning jokes, slurs, or repeated behavior aimed at a protected trait. Not every rude coworker or bad boss creates a legal claim, but conduct that crosses into unlawful territory does. Our team helps employees throughout California sort out where that line falls under state law.
Pregnancy and Family Leave Rights
California workers carry robust protections tied to pregnancy, childbirth, medical leave, and caregiving responsibilities. Employers must often provide reasonable accommodations, job-protected leave, and freedom from discrimination or retaliation connected to pregnancy or family status. We assist workers dealing with pregnancy discrimination, denied leave requests, interference with protected time off, failure to accommodate medical restrictions, and retaliation for exercising these rights.
Unpaid Wages and Overtime
California’s wage and hour laws set a high bar for minimum wage, overtime, meal and rest breaks, commissions, expense reimbursement, and worker classification. Violations of these rules turn up in nearly every sector, from restaurants and retail to biotech labs and corporate offices. We represent employees statewide who were shorted on pay, wrongly classified as exempt or as independent contractors, or otherwise denied wages they had rightfully earned.
Wrongful termination
California follows at-will employment, but that doesn’t give employers a free pass to fire someone for an unlawful reason. A termination can be wrongful when it stems from discrimination, retaliation, whistleblowing, a request for protected leave, a disability accommodation, or other conduct the law shields. Our attorneys help employees across the state figure out whether a firing crossed a legal line, and we pursue claims whenever an employer overstepped.
Talk to Us, Free and in Confidence
If you suspect your employer broke the law, Employment Rights Lawyers, APC wants to hear from you. Based in Los Angeles, our firm represents employees in communities throughout California in cases involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, and other workplace disputes. Reach out today for a free, confidential consultation and case review.
