At Rise Law Firm, our Family Medical Leave Act lawyers in Long Beach provide sophisticated contingency representation for high-level employees across all private and public industries, sectors, and professions in California.
Our employment law attorneys in Los Angeles County protect our clients’ rights while holding their employers liable for violating the protections put in place by the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
FMLA requires employers to provide eligible employees protection from termination during unpaid leave for specified family and medical reasons. The Act also provides for the continuation of group health insurance under the same terms and conditions as though the employee had not taken leave.
These protections are important for those who must take a leave of absence to address their personal illnesses or other matters, and those who need time away from work to care for their families.
When these rights are violated, our experienced FMLA attorneys in Long Beach want to help you seek justice to remedy your employer’s unlawful actions.
Both our state protections under the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) and the federal Family and Medical Leave Act provide workers with unpaid medical leave for various circumstances and emergencies.
Under FMLA, eligible employees who are employed by companies that have at least 50 employees for 20 weeks or more in the current or previous year are generally allowed up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave each year.
The protections are for employees:
For an employee to be eligible for these protections, they must:
Under the FMLA, employers may not retaliate against employees who request leave under the federal provisions outlined in the Act.
The California Family Rights Act provides additional protections that either do not exist in the FMLA or only cover certain aspects of the following circumstances:
While pregnancy is covered as a serious health condition under the FMLA, in California, a pregnant employee is also entitled to Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL) of up to 16 weeks when they are employed by a company with five or more employees.
Registered domestic partners are not protected under the FMLA. In California, however, they are covered just like spouses, which may give a domestic partner more family leave when they need it.
If you believe your rights have been violated under our state or federal family leave protections, contact our skilled Long Beach employment law attorneys today to schedule a free consultation to discuss the legal remedies that may be available to you.
If you or someone in your family has been denied access to the paid or unpaid leave allowed under both our state and federal laws or have been retaliated against by an employer for taking protected leave, contact our experienced employment law attorneys in Long Beach today.
You may be eligible to pursue both economic and non-economic damages from your employer, including:
Our skilled employment lawyers may also pursue punitive damages that are designed to punish the employer when our clients’ rights were egregiously violated.
What is more, our California employment law attorneys provide free consultations and take eligible cases on a contingency basis, which means if we do not produce a positive outcome for your claim, you do not pay our legal fees.
When our clients’ CFRA or FMLA rights are violated, our Los Angeles employment law attorneys will seek justice to remedy such violations by holding the employer liable for their complete damages.
These cases often require extensive investigation to ensure that the employer violated the worker’s rights, and our experienced attorneys will obtain all evidence related to the case, including the medical documentation related to the leave.
We will build a customized approach to showing that your employer was required to abide by federal or state unpaid medical leave laws and demonstrate how they did not provide the leave to the employee, so we can pursue the best outcome for each unique case we represent.
Being denied CFRA or FMLA protections is a clear violation of your Civil Rights and should not go unpenalized. You deserve to take the time you need away from work for qualifying reasons, so you and your family can prioritize your health without fearing you will lose your job or benefits, and that you will be treated fairly upon your return.
If your employment rights have been violated in any way, contact our skilled attorneys in Long Beach for a free consultation by calling (310) 728-6588 or contact us online to have one of our lawyers contact you.