Employment Law Archive
Employment Matters
If you are being sued by an employee or believe you have a valid complaint against an employer, we will help you.
Employment law covers a complex network of laws that control how employers must treat employees, former employees and applicants for employment. Likewise, an employer should defend themselves against frivolous claims. There are various statutes that many employees do not know of or understand, while many employers ignore the requirements of those statutes.
Employment law covers a complex network of laws that control how employers must treat employees, former employees, and applicants for employment. Jafari Law Group will help to protect your legal rights!
We charge various rates for personally consulting with you about these types of issues. Depending on the specific issues involved, we offer hourly rates, contingency fees, and hybrid contingency fees. Our mission is protecting your rights. We will discuss and explain the fee provisions at the time we discuss your case.
If your employment matter requires legal counsel, contact one of our attorneys at 949.362.0100.
Employees
If you are an employee, and recently had a child or have to care for a sick family member you may have rights to take time from your job that you may not be aware of. Or, are you thinking about speaking to an attorney about an employer’s discrimination, but you are concerned about your future? As a ‘whistleblower’, you are helping to expose illegal behavior in your community and there are legal protections available to you, though possibly unknown. Jafari Law Group will help protect your employment rights.
Has your employer failed to treat you fairly pertaining to one or more of the following issues?
- EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
- WRONGFUL DISCHARGE
- EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS
- AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, THE FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
- WORKER ADJUSTMENT AND RETRAINING NOTIFICATION ACT
- FEDERAL EMPLOYERS’ LIABILITY ACT
- DEFAMATION
- DISCRIMINATION
Employers
If you are an employer, you would be well-served by creating well-drafted employment agreements and employee handbooks. Also, keeping accurate and detailed records of employee behavior matters and time records is always a good business policy.
Like so many other areas of the law, many employers will not hire an attorney until they have been served with a Complaint by an employee. The attorneys at Jafari Law Group can assist your company in drafting beneficial employee agreements and handbooks – this preparation will be pay dividends in the long run and also increases the level of professionalism that one will attribute to your company. In other words, if the big guys have employment agreements and employee handbooks, then so should you.