Fired, Harassed, or Unpaid Wages? Stand Up for Your Rights.

Fired for an illegal reason, retaliation, discrimination, refusing to break the law, whistleblowing, or taking protected leave. "At-will" doesn't mean "for any reason."

Unwanted advances, sexual comments, quid-pro-quo demands, or a sexualized workplace. You have the right to work without being harassed.

Severe or pervasive mistreatment, slurs, threats, or intimidation tied to a protected trait that makes your workplace abusive to endure.

Being treated worse because of who you are.

Fired, demoted, cut, or punished after you complained, reported harassment or discrimination, or exercised a workplace right. Retaliation is illegal in California.

Punished for reporting illegal, unsafe, or fraudulent conduct, internally or to a government agency. California law protects people who speak up.

Not being paid what the law requires.

California is an "at-will" state, so an employer generally can end employment without giving a reason. But at-will has firm limits: your employer cannot fire you for an illegal reason, such as discrimination, harassment, retaliation for complaining, whistleblowing, or taking legally protected leave. If any of those were behind your termination, you may have a wrongful-termination claim.

Being fired because of a protected trait (race, sex, age, disability, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, pregnancy, and more), in retaliation for reporting harassment, discrimination, or illegal conduct, for refusing to break the law, or for exercising a workplace right (like taking family or medical leave). If your firing lines up with any of these, it's worth a free review.

Legally, it's more than a rude boss or a bad day. It generally means harassment based on a protected trait that is severe or pervasive enough to make your workplace abusive or intimidating, for example, repeated slurs, sexual comments, threats, or ongoing intimidation. If the conduct is tied to who you are and it's affecting your ability to work, let us take a look.

Yes. Retaliation is illegal in California. If your employer fires, demotes, cuts your hours, or otherwise punishes you for reporting harassment or discrimination, filing a complaint, or reporting illegal conduct, that retaliation can be a separate legal violation on top of the original problem. Document what happens and contact us right away.

We handle employment cases on a contingency-fee basis: your consultation is free, and you owe no attorney's fees unless we recover compensation for you. We'll explain exactly how fees and any case costs work, in writing, before you decide anything. There's no financial risk in finding out whether you have a case.

It depends on the type of claim, and some deadlines are much shorter than people expect. Because missing a deadline can mean losing your right to recover entirely, the safest move is to speak with a lawyer as soon as possible rather than waiting to see how things unfold. We can tell you quickly whether time is a factor in your situation.

Save anything that documents what happened, emails, texts, pay stubs, schedules, write-ups, names of witnesses, and a simple timeline of events. If you don't have much, don't worry; call us anyway. Part of our job is helping you identify and preserve the evidence that matters.