Have you recently been let go from your job? Do you think an ex-employer discriminated against you or otherwise unjustly removed you from your position? If so, you can work with a Santa Ana wrongful termination lawyer to seek compensation.
The legal team with Omega Law Group Accident & Injury Attorneys has helped California employees better understand their workplace rights since 2016. You can turn to our Santa Ana employment lawyers for help fighting back against discrimination that impacts your paycheck and compromises your right to find work in your field.
Contact us today to schedule a free wrongful termination case appointment and discuss how you can exercise your rights courtesy of California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act.
The Fair Employment and Housing Act Protects You
Have you been unfairly targeted at work and wrongfully terminated from a position? Filing a wrongful termination claim can help you pursue accountability for the wrongs done to you.
California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act protects you from discrimination based on certain characteristics, as do the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
You can invoke these acts when arguing that your previous employer fired you based on your:
- Marital status
- Sexual orientation or gender presentation
- Medical conditions, physical disabilities, mental disabilities, or genetic information
- Religion
- National origin, race, ancestry, or ethnicity
- Age
- Veteran status
Arguing that you’ve been targeted as a result of bias against one or more of these characteristics allows you to contest a wrongful determination and demand compensation for the unnecessary strain and stress introduced into your life. You can discuss how to format a claim against a termination or harassment campaign with Omega Law Group’s attorneys.
When to Call a Wrongful Termination Lawyer in Santa Ana
If you feel like you’ve been targeted in the workplace, harassed as a result of protected characteristics, or wrongfully removed from gainful employment, get in touch with a Santa Ana wrongful termination attorney promptly. You don’t have to go up against an ex-employer alone or protect yourself without help.
Our experienced legal team is well-versed in California’s relevant protective laws. We want to put our knowledge to work for you and help you pursue accountability in the wake of someone else’s abuse.
Your case consultations with our team come free of charge and let you work out how you want to approach a wrongful termination case in your own time.
We won’t force you to take a specific kind of legal action, but can instead help you explore your options so you can exercise control over your recovery.
We Can Fight Back Against Retaliatory Terminations
The Santa Ana wrongful termination lawyers with Omega Law Group do more than help you take legal action after a wrongful termination.
If an employer retaliates against you after you take protected actions against them or within your company, you can fight back with help from an attorney.
We can specifically help you respond to retaliation after you:
- Take protected leave from work
- Report workplace discrimination or harassment
- Aid in an investigation into your workplace or supervisors
- Report wage theft
- Blow the whistle on illegal conduct
- Refuse to help employers or your fellow employees participate in illegal behavior
- Report unsafe working conditions
- File for workers’ compensation after sustaining an injury while protected by workers’ compensation insurance
We Can Stay on Top of Your Filing Timeline
The timeline on which you file a wrongful termination claim will vary depending on what kind of harassment or targeting you’ve faced.
You can discuss what acts you have the right to file a claim under when you first meet with our team, after which we can outline the timeline on which you need to complete your paperwork.
For example:
- FEHA claims require you to file your paperwork within three years of a wrongful incident.
- Public policy violation claims require you to complete your paperwork within two years of your wrongful termination.
- Retaliation and whistleblower claims must reach the appropriate parties within one to three years of an incident, depending on the nature of the crimes in question.
- Breach of contract claims require submission within four years if the contract was written down and signed. Comparatively, violated oral contracts and responsive claims operate on a two-year filing timeline.
We Can Advocate for Your Rights
If an ex-employer has already targeted you, the last thing you need to do is call them out on your own. It’s in your best interest to protect yourself from continued or worsening harassment.
Working with an experienced wrongful termination attorney in Santa Ana makes it harder for employers to misrepresent the nature of your termination or continue targeting you.
It’s our job, when we take your case, to safely gather evidence to make your claim against an ex-employer. We can take advantage of our extensive professional network to ensure that the case you bring against an ex-employer accurately reflects the nature of your mistreatment and subsequent losses.
You can lean on your community in the wake of a wrongful termination. Contact us today to learn more about how Omega Law Group and its wrongful termination lawyers can tailor our services to help you.
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Demystifying California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act doesn’t have to be difficult. If you need help understanding your right to legal action in the wake of a wrongful termination, you can connect with Omega Law Group. Our wrongful termination attorneys in Santa Ana can investigate the circumstances that led to your termination and provide assertive advocacy on your behalf.
We have decades of combined experience working within California’s legal system. You can trust us to investigate your firing and clearly assess the potential legal grounds for your case. We can go on to represent you in conversations with your ex-employer and other legal representatives.
Don’t let your right to legal action pass you by. Reach out to Omega Law Group and schedule your free wrongful termination consultation today.
