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Protecting Employee Rights In Lakewood

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and its state counterpart, the California Family Rights Act, allow eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid job-protected leave per year for health and family reasons. All employers subject to the FMLA/CFRA must grant the requested leave, and it is unlawful for employers to terminate or otherwise discriminate against employees for taking the leave. While it has been over twenty years since these laws were enacted, many employers continue to violate FMLA/CFRA requirements and the protected leave rights of their employees. Our Lakewood medical and family leave attorneys firmly believe that employees should be able to take time off to care for loved ones or because of their own medical needs without suffering retaliation and provide skillful and effective representation to victims of unlawful conduct.

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Our employment attorneys have extensive experience helping employees successfully bring claims for violation of the FMLA and CFRA. If you feel that you were terminated or discriminated against for exercising your right to family or medical leave, contact the FMLA attorneys at Southern California Employment Law Group PC to discuss your potential case. Call us at (424) 688-1057 or email us using the form on this page for a free consultation.

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Eligibility for

FMLA and CFRA Leave

The FMLA allows employees to take a total of 12 weeks off in a 12-month period for the following reasons: Eligible employees are defined as employees who have been at the job for at least one year and have worked at least 1,250 hours. The FMLA applies to all private-sector employers with 50 or more employees within a 75-mile radius. While an employer can legally ask for medical certification when the leave is requested, the employer cannot request that you sign a medical release/waiver.

When an employee has a serious health condition.

The birth of a child.

Caring for a newly adopted or fostered child.

To care for a spouse, child, or parent who has a serious health condition.

Termination and Discrimination

Upon Return to Work

While some employers fire the employee during his or her protected leave, other employers are more subtle and wait until after the employee returns to work before terminating him or her. Even in those circumstances, an employee may still prevail under the FMLA/CFRA if the termination decision can be tied to taking the leave and it can be convincingly argued that any other reason offered by the employer for the decision (such as poor performance or restructuring) is pretextual, i.e. untrue.

Some other employers do not risk terminating the returning employee at all and instead find other ways to penalize him or her, such as a decrease in pay or reassignment to a less desirable location or department. Again, an employee may be able to prevail if these changes in the terms and conditions of employment can be connected to the FMLA/CFRA leave.

Termination of the employee during the leave.
Termination of the employee after his or her return to work if the termination decision can be connected to taking of the leave.
Significant changes to the terms and conditions of employment after the employee’s return to work, such as a decrease in pay or reassignment to a less desirable location or department.
Denial or interference with the right to take FMLA or CFRA leave.
Termination after the employee complains that his or her FMLA/CFRA rights are being violated.

Examples of FMLA/CFRA Violations

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   Lisa B. 
 2022-01-27
 
 
  From beginning to end the team at this firm were responsive, professional, and most of allCARING! I WILL RECOMMEND this firm to anyone having issues with an employer. Andrew Doroitt and his team are AWESOME!
  
 
       
   Miguel C. 
 2021-03-05
 
 
  Atty Zelma is very helpful and very knowledgeable in labor disputes. Very approachable and really keep me updated of what is going on and guided me what to do. The support staff were also very helpful and very fast in answering your questions. I am very happy of my case and I would recommend him to colleagues and friends.
  
 
       
   Pamela R. 
 2019-10-22
 
 
  I highly recommend southern California labor law group especially attorney Michael Zelman he was fantastic in handling my case of unlawful termination his staff of Paralegal's were very kind courteous and professional and handling all matters of my case I was very satisfied with the results achieved using Michael Zelman of Southern California Employment Law Group
  
 
       
   Chris M. 
 2019-06-22
 
 
  Michael and Eric represented me in 2017.  They quickly assimilated the details of my case.  Proposed an action plan and acted quickly to make progress.  They were diligent and creative.  I was impressed.  I recommend them without hesitation.