Most California workers are employed "at will". This usually means your employer can fire you without notice and for no reason at all. However, over the past 25 years, courts and legislators have made so many exceptions to the doctrine of mutual agreement that employers, in practice, almost always some reason for termination. There are good reasons to believe that you have a case of unfair dismissal if your employer finds it necessary to invent a false explanation for the dismissal. This situation occurs when the reasons for the employer are illegal, forcing a dishonest explanation or "excuse" to be used as the purported reasons for the decision to terminate. Some of the most common excuses the employer that we encounter in the wrongful dismissal:
* Minor violations of attendance policy or delays that were not enforced until the employee has filed a complaint about illegal or hostile working conditions.
* The employer is building a paper trail of nitpicking criticism, leading to termination. The paper trail begins shortly after the employee complains about working conditions, and critics are often subjective and difficult to save. However, the employer uses the paper trail to justify termination.
* The fake layoff. In this situation, the employer claims that a downturn in business forced to layoff employees. These claims are often suspect, especially when the "dismissal" only affects a few employees. Employers, in our experience, will use a fake "layoff" to get rid of a group of employees who have raised complaints to management, or are considered problematic in certain other respects.
* The passive-aggressive approach. In this situation, the employer really wants to get rid of the employee, usually for reasons prohibited, but is afraid to go ahead with the termination, perhaps fearing a lawsuit. The employer will try to do the job so miserable, ungrateful, or if the employee has no choice but to leave and move to a new job. Even in these circumstances, however, an employee may sometimes assert a claim of unlawful "constructive" dismissal if the workplace was so intolerable that anyone in the position the employee would feel compelled to resign.
* The trick fake manager. Employers are often label certain employees as "managers" in order to avoid paying overtime. However, the label does not control whether an employee is exempt or nonexempt additional laws. Exempt status of employees depends on the functions of the employee performs. If you're labeled as a "manager", but who earn wages below $ 28,800, then you almost certainly have been misclassified and may be entitled to unpaid overtime.
* Out of the clock-work. Many employers require their employees to "clock in" at some point, but the employee to continue working for a short time. It is illegal not to compensate an employee for non-exempt this time, regardless of how much time is involved.
* Another trick employer is terminated in a timely manner. In this situation, the employer finds a reason to lay off or terminate an employee who is about to get a substantial bonus or commission payments. The goal is for the employer to keep the bonus or commission rather than pay to an employee who has won.
* Termination of quick release. In this situation, the employer terminates an employee immediately upon the expiry of sick leave taken under the Act respecting family rights in California or the law on family medical leave. Many times this will result in an unfair dismissal because the employer does not have to interact with the employee to explore other options short of termination (as extended sick leave or reassignment).
* Employers often discriminate against disabled employees by stating that the employee is too disabled to work, and therefore can not perform the essential functions of his position. The employer in this case often opens itself to liability by failing to consider whether the employee is able to perform the essential functions of any other vacant post within the organization. The objective, in many cases, is for society to get rid of a worker seriously injured.
Speak to a top somekeyword, If you believe you have been harassed and terminated by your employer.
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