A few of the many issues encompassed by Employment Law in California include:

1. Discrimination based on national origin, gender, race, age, disability.

2. Sexual Harassment.

3. Whistle-blower protection.

4. Job references, defamation, and black-listing.

5. California Family Rights Act and its federal counterpart, FMLA.

6. Working Conditions including wages, meals, break periods.

7.  Inspection Rights for personnel files.

8. Relocations, terminations, layoffs, plant closure notices.

9. Workplace privacy rights, drug testing.

10. Workplace safety issues.

11. Non-compete agreements.

12. Trade secrets.

13. Employment Contracts.

14. Severance Packages.

15. Unemployment Benefits.

We have experience with these, and many other, issues in the workplace.

Employment Law is rapidly growing and evolving and touches the lives of everyone who works for a living.  The law governing the workplace is designed to protect and safeguard the right and opportunity of all persons to seek, obtain, and hold employment without discrimination or abridgment.  However the increasing complexity of the law suggests that all businesses, large and small, assume a risk by not staying current with new developments.