Long Beach Employment Discrimination Lawyers
Age Discrimination | Disability Discrimination | Pregnancy Discrimination | Racial Discrimination | Sexual Orientation Discrimination | Gender Discrimination
State and federal laws protect employees from discrimination in hiring, termination, promotion, and discipline. Employees who suffer employment discrimination or harassment based on their race, age, sex, religion, or sexual orientation may recover damages for emotional distress, lost wages, punitive damages and attorney's fees.
At Andrea Cook & Associates, we have aggressively prosecuted discrimination cases for over 15 years. The attorneys at our firm have a deep background protecting clients' rights, and are well-prepared to fight for you.
We are aggressive and experienced employment law attorneys. Put our extensive experience to work for you. Contact us today to learn about your rights and options.
Protected Classifications
The attorneys at our law firm confidently represent clients in discrimination cases that are based upon a number of personal characteristics. In all aspects of employment, employers must not discriminate against employees regardless of their status with respect to:
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Safeguarding Clients' Rights
We have a strong background handling a diverse range of cases, and we are especially experienced in representing clients in sex and/or gender discrimination cases and those involving gay rights. We also handle complex employment discrimination cases, involving:
Age discrimination - The California Fair Employment and Housing Act (commonly known as FEHA) prohibits employers from discriminating against employees due to being over 40 years old. Rarely is there a smoking gun or direct evidence of age discrimination. Therefore, courts and juries must rely on circumstantial evidence, such as slower or fewer promotions, being ignored by supervisors, terminated or laid off for no valid reason or sidelined by management.
Disability discrimination - State and federal laws protect individuals with physical or mental impairments as long as they can perform the essential functions of their job safely and efficiently. Reasonable accommodations that do not result in undue hardship to the employer must be made. These protections may apply if the employee currently suffers from a disability, has a history of a disability or is perceived to have a disability.
Pregnancy discrimination - State and federal laws prohibit employers from harassing, demoting, terminating or discriminating against employees for becoming pregnant or requesting pregnancy leave. Female employees returning from pregnancy disability leave are entitled to return to their same position or a comparable position.
Sexual Orientation Discrimination
Racial Discrimination
We are Ready to Help You
Employment discrimination is a complicated area of the law. We have in-depth experience protecting clients, and we are well-prepared to help you. Contact us today to discuss your race discrimination or other discrimination situation.
