Los Angeles Wrongful Termination Attorney
Los Angeles wrongful termination attorney Cyrus Shahriari wants to assure you that as an employee, you have rights under the law. If you’ve been wrongfully fired or laid-off, you may be able to recover lost wages, benefits, and, possibly, even get your job back.
Los Angeles wrongful termination attorney Cyrus Shahriari at The Shahriari Law Office knows that losing your job is one of the hardest things you can experience in life. Contact Cyrus Shahriari for a free, no-obligation, confidential consultation. You will pay no attorney’s fees until your case is resolved.
Lost income, threat to family security, self doubt, and emotional suffering can turn a firing, lay-off, or demotion into a difficult ordeal. The emotional devastation can be multiplied if you are laid-off or fired because your employer chose to violate the law, ignored company policy, or they retaliated against you.
California is an “at-will” State
California, like most states, considers employment “at will.” This simply means that employment is voluntary for both employers and employees. Your employer has the right to fire you, and you have a right to quit.
In other words, your employer can fire you even if it isn’t “fair.” What your employer cannot do is fire you for an illegal reason.
Wrongful Terminations Defined
There are reasons for which an employer cannot legally fire you. If they do, Los Angeles wrongful termination lawyer Cyrus Shahriari may be able to file a wrongful termination lawsuit against them on your behalf. These reasons include:
- Discrimination (race, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or national origin).
- Retaliation
- Pregnancy discrimination
- You have a contract that you did not break
- Whistle blowing
- Taking time off for military service,
- Taking time off for a long-term illness or because a family member was ill.
- Refusing to perform an unsafe or illegal act for your employer.
- Exercising your right to vote.
- Helping to organize a union.
- It was a hostile workplace resulting in emotional damage
Bad Bosses May Try to Intimidate You
It’s not always easy to know if you’ve been wrongfully fired or not. If an employer fires you because of your race, your age, because you served overseas, or because you chose not to accept his sexual advances, it’s not likely that the person responsible is going to tell you up-front.
The employer might find a way to lay you off for some “legitimate” reason. He might give you a poor job performance or entice a supervisor or colleague to file a complaint against you. This is done to keep you from taking action. It’s not right. It’s not legal. There are laws to protect you.
How To Protect Yourself
Because an employer will often try to cover up a wrongful termination, it’s a good idea to keep a record of the events surrounding your firing.
- Keep track – in writing – of dates, locations, and names of those involved in performance reviews, off-hand comments, commendations and reprimands about your work.
- Make a written complaint to your supervisor or to HR.
- Keep your notes in a safe place.
The material will be helpful if you apply for unemployment insurance. If the employer wants to challenge your claim, you may need to show that the employer fired you without a good reason.
You Can’t Afford Not To Call
Los Angeles wrongful termination attorney Cyrus Shahriari takes wrongful termination cases on a contingency basis. There are no attorney fees until Cyrus Shahriari wins your case. If he doesn’t win, you don’t pay, so he is as motivated to win your case as you want him to be.
Contact a Wrongful Termination Attorney
Contact Los Angeles wrongful termination attorney Cyrus Shahriari for a free, no-obligation, and confidential consultation. Learn what legal options you may have, so you can make the best decision possible on what course of action is best for you.