Los Angeles Employment Law Attorneys

At the Law Offices of Rheuban & Gresen in Los Angeles, California, we provide skilled legal representation for employees who have been subjected to unlawful labor and employment practices in the workplace. For a free and confidential consultation about your specific problems, such as workplace discrimination, sexual harassment or unpaid wages, contact our Los Angeles employment law attorneys.

Contact us today through e-mail, or call us at 818.815.2727 to schedule an appointment. We are committed to helping employees protect their rights. The attorneys of Rheuban & Gresen have extensive experience handling a wide range of legal matters, including the following:

Termination From Employment

Our Los Angeles employment law attorneys' experience in workplace litigation enables us to evaluate wheter the "employment at will" rule, which provides, generally, that most workers can be fired for any reason or no reason at all - will affect your case. We handle the following claims for individuals wrongfully terminated from employment:

• Wrongful termination, including constructive discharge cases where working conditions are so intolerable that a reasonable person in the employee's position would have little choice but to resign (hostile work environments)
• Claims involving retaliation for filing a workplace complaint, complaining about unlawful conditions or asserting protected rights such as the right to engage in religious practices

Discrimination Claims

We work to hold employers accountable for unlawful workplace discrimination, including:

• Discrimination based on a protective status, including racial discrimination, sexual orientation discrimination, national origin discrimination, religious discrimination, and discrimination based on disability (including failure to accommodate.)
• Discrimination claims arising in connection with taking family or medical leave
• Reverse discrimination
• Demotion
• Sexual harassment, including gender-based discriminatory practices such as differences in pay and pregnancy discrimination

Wrongful Wage and Hour Claims

Were you unfairly prevented from receiving minimum wages or overtime pay? Did your employer misclassify you or fail to pay you? Our Los Angeles employment law attorneys help employees bring wage and hour claims, including claims arising from unpaid minimum wage or overtime, the failure to provide appropriate meal breaks and rest periods, the improper recording of days and hours worked, the failure to pay overtime due to employee misclassification (and particularly misclassification in the IT industry ) and improper paycheck deductions and tip splitting, as well as denial of rightful FMLA/CFRA family or medical leave.

Class Actions

We also handle employee and consumer class actions:

• Employee class actions: when appropriate, we may consider seeking class action certification when you and your fellow employees have similar claims. We handle misclassification class actions, overtime class actions, and improper deductions class actions.
• Consumer class actions: We handle claims for consumers who are the victims of misrepresentation and defective products

Other Practice Areas

We also represent clients in cases involving:

• Whistleblower claims: representing clients whose work life has been affected, or who have lost jobs because they reported unlawful or otherwise inappropriate behavior at their company
• Assistance for members of the military returning to work or facing temporary leave or discrimination issues, including public employees and private sector employees
• Retirement benefits, including claims involving ERISA, retirement plans and medical benefits

Contact Our California Employment Discrimination Attorneys

For additional information about our ability to protect your workplace rights, or to discuss your specific situation, contact the Los Angeles discrimination lawyers at the Law Offices of Rheuban & Gresen.