Based on the specific facts of your employment issues, you may be able to file a civil lawsuit against your employer for wrongful discrimination, harassment or wrongful termination.
California and federal anti-discrimination and civil rights laws protect employees who have been discriminated against in the workplace. Ms. Webb can help if you have been denied employment or promotion or have been disciplined or terminated because of:
If you have been harassed because of any of the above categories, or have been denied the benefits of the Family and Medical Leave Act, Ms. Webb can also help.
California and federal Labor Laws provide protection for employees who have not been paid wages, overtime or vacation as required. Employers are required to comply with these labor laws but sometimes do not do so voluntarily. Employees may be wrongly classified as exempt from overtime when they are not exempt. Ms. Webb can help if you are having wage and hour issues.
If you have been terminated for frivolous reasons based on your race, age, gender, sexual orientation or disability among other unlawful reasons, you may be the victim of a wrongful termination. Or you may have been retaliated against in some other way for opposing actions you reasonably believed are unlawful based on these same categories. For example, you may find your hours cut, or you may receive unwarranted poor performance evaluations, or you may be unfairly disciplined or demoted. There may be recourse for wrongful retaliation under state and federal employment laws, including Title VII and the Fair Employment and Housing Act.
Many employees are terminated or subjected to other adverse actions at work because they witness and speak up about fraud, misconduct or other unlawful employment practices. Even if you are not protected by the Fair Employment and Housing Act or Title VII, there are Labor Code provisions that protect employees who see violations of law in the workplace and report these unlawful practices to someone or an agency with authority to investigate. If you have been terminated or disciplined/demoted because you opposed practices of your employer that you reasonably believe violate the law, you may be protected as a whistleblower.
Contact the Law Office of Christie E. Webb to determine your legal rights to be free of wrongful termination or retaliation. The legal system wants to encourage employees to come forward to report unlawful activities.
Ms. Webb has been doing civil appeals and writs for the past thirty years. As an employment attorney at the trial court level, Ms. Webb is skilled in law and motion. She has frequently utilized her experience in the trial courts to assist and advise trial attorneys dealing with thorny issues pre-trial, for example, in response to summary judgment motions, or in connection with post-trial motions. Serious errors can occur in the trial court without the advice of an appellate attorney. If you are an attorney who has a potential appeal or writ, or think issues arising during law and motion might result in an appeal later on, please contact Ms. Webb for consultation.
Ms. Webb is able to distill the information in the trial court record and present it to the Court of Appeal as a compelling story of a real person who needs court intervention to prevent an injustice. She has been successful in many appeals over the years, reversing grants of summary judgment in many employment law cases. Doing so subsequently allowed trial counsel to negotiate favorable settlements. Ms. Webb notably reversed a jury verdict awarding inadequate damages to a seriously brain-injured plaintiff; this serious injury case later settled for a substantial amount of money.