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Fighting for Justice in the Workplace

Most people spend the majority of their waking hours at work. The best and most effective workplaces treat every employee with respect and dignity. People are hired and promoted on the basis of ability. Discrimination and harassment have no place in the best workplaces.

Unfortunately, not every workplace follows the law. When that is the case, when employees face unfair employment practices, Girardi | Keese attorneys have the experience, ability and passion to stand up against even the biggest employers in court.

When the Girardi | Keese law firm takes an employment law case to court, we know that most of the jurors will understand the issues.

Most jurors have worked, and they know how managers can retaliate against a worker who reports problems. Most jurors have seen what happens when people are treated differently because of gender or age or race. Even if they have never witnessed problems, they understand the dynamics of the workplace. Nearly everyone has worked for someone else at some time.

Our lawyers have dealt with discrimination in police departments and fire departments. We have represented employees from health care organizations, manufacturing plants and offices. Time and again in employment cases it is the coverup, the denial that there was ever any discrimination or harassment, that often proves the case.

The lawyers of Girardi | Keese, want all employees to be treated fairly under the law. The laws are in place, but they are only as strong as the efforts of those to enforce the law. When employees and their lawyers insist on fairness, we will have better workplaces for everyone.

For more information about Girardi | Keese and our experience with employment law cases, contact us. We welcome lawyer referrals, and we represent clients in and throughout California.

RELATED cases

The law firm of Girardi | Keese has successfully recovered in excess of $3 Billion on behalf of our clients. The following cases are just a small sampling of the many successful cases Girardi | Keese has achieved over the years:

$1.2 Million Settlement
Newport Beach Police Department Lieutenant maligned as being Gay and passed up for leadership roles.

$1 Million Settlement
against Fortune 500 company for Gender Discrimination and Wrongful Termination.

$633 Million in Settlements
with PG&E for toxic tort injury claims by residents of Hinkley, California (made famous by Erin Brokovich film).

News & Features

Wrongful Termination Employment is "at will" in California and most states. That means an employer can terminate employment at any time, for any reason (except an illegal reason).
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Sexual Harassment In recent years, employers and employees have become more sensitized to sexual harassment. People know that it is against the law. Learn More

Disability Discrimination Can you do the job? That is the only question that should concern an employer. But too often an employer will focus on the disability rather than the capability of an employee. Learn More

Age Discrimination In an economic downturn when a company makes decisions about laying off employees, if there is a pattern of laying off people over 40 or 50 first, that could be a sign of age discrimination. Learn More

LGBT Issues As with many discrimination issues, employers should be concerned with whether someone can perform the job, not what the person's sexual orientation may be. Learn More

Racial/Ethnic Discrimination Race discrimination and ethnic discrimination are difficult to prove for one reason — employers know that it is against the law and so they make every effort to deny or hide race discrimination. Learn More

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