Encino California Sexual Harassment Lawyer
Sexual Harassment
The California laws addressing sexual harassment in the workplace protect you from a number of actions that employers may take or have taken against you.
For example, when employees are placed in a position of choosing between accepting sexual advances in order to retain a job or receive a promotion, they are entitled to legal action. Such situations are most effectively pursued in sexual harassment cases when there is sufficient proof of what is known as "quid pro quo," meaning the employee's continued or advanced employment is established to have been dependent on the acceptance of a sexual advance.
There are also protections against what is called a "hostile work environment." Such an environment can be created by a number of different, usually on-going circumstances. These can include employers making comments on what an employee wears, making sexual comments or innuendos, or a pattern of a combination of both which creates circumstances that make the employee's duties more difficult to perform.
Further, instances of wrongful termination can occur as a result of sexual harassment – meaning if an employee rejects the sexual advances of an employer and then is fired, that can be deemed retaliation, which is illegal under California State Law.
Not all offensive actions by employers entitle employees to legal action. But The Law Offices of Joseph A. Avrahamy has extensive experience in employment law cases, and in a complimentary and confidential consultation, we will help you understand whether or not your situation is appropriate for legal action.
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