Employment Law

We are your complete, full-service employment law firm, with a proud record of success across a full range of practice areas involving employment rights in California.

Law Offices of Jonathan Ebrahimian

We are located in Los Angeles and represents workers throughout California. We are your complete, full-service employment law firm, with a proud record of success across a full range of practice areas involving employment rights in California. Backed by decades of experience, we have earned a reputation as the law firm workers can trust when their rights and dignity are on the line.

Issue

Employment discrimination takes a variety of forms, but generally involves employees being subjected to negative treatment in the workplace because of their membership in a protected class. This treatment ranges from disciplinary action and negative performance reviews to denial of training, denial of promotions, denial of raises and termination.

Our Process

Our experienced lawyers protect the rights of workers who have faced violations of their workplace rights such as:

Age harassment and discrimination: The law protects people over the age of 40, and makes many types of negative treatment of that person because of their age unlawful.
Discrimination based on a disability: Disability in California encompasses a broader spectrum of medical conditions than we traditionally think of when we think of disabilities. Under California law, a disability includes any medical condition that impairs a major life activity, including the ability of an employee to work.
Gender discrimination and sexual harassment: A person’s sex or gender is simply a person’s gender identity or orientation (man, woman, or transgender) or biological sex (male, female, transgender, or intersex). The attorneys in our firm have handled dozens of cases involving Sex and Gender Harassment and Discrimination, including sexual orientation. Learn more at our Sexual Harassment page.
Discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation: A person’s sexual orientation (heterosexual, bisexual, homosexual, asexual, etc.) is protected under California law. Our firm is particularly committed to protecting the rights of LGBT employees and ensuring that they are able to work in an environment where their sexual orientation is a nonissue.
Discrimination or harassment due to pregnancy: Federal laws along with similar state laws of California prohibit both private and government employers from engaging in pregnancy-related discrimination in regards to the hiring, compensation, promotion, or termination of employees. California laws are amongst the most generous in the entire nation in that pregnant employees are entitled to “take leave for a reasonable period of time, not to exceed four months” after the birth of a child.
Family or Medical Leave: Both state and federal law protect an employee’s ability to take leave to recover from a serious health condition or to care for a family member who has a serious health condition. Employers above a certain size are generally required to allow employees to take up to 12 weeks of leave for these purposes.
Discrimination and harassment based on faith or religious practices: A person’s religion is one of the most fundamental aspects of their identity. The law protects a person’s religious beliefs and practices from undue or unwarranted interference by their employer.
Race, ethnicity and national origin: A person’s race or ethnicity is a characteristic that they can neither choose nor change. Our firm’s attorneys have worked extensively to defend the rights of racial and ethnic minorities. A person’s national origin deals primarily with a person’s country of origin or the country of origin of their ancestors, including their parents.

Our firm’s founder, Jonathan Ebrahimian, and all of our associates have worked extensively representing the interests of racial and ethnic minorities in both a nonprofit and professional setting.

Qui Tam

Qui Tam, Government Contract Fraud And Whistleblower Claims

Federal law and the state laws of California protect individuals who report employer fraud related to the fulfillment of a government contract.

Whistleblower cases involve seeking compensation for wrongful termination or other forms of retaliation after reporting illegal activities by an employer or refusing to comply with an illegal directive by an employer.

Our qui tam and whistleblower practice extends to:

Employees of state and federal government entities
Employees of local government entities
Employees of private businesses fulfilling government contracts

Our employment law attorneys represent workers in cases involving:

Minimum wage violations
Misclassification as a salaried or hourly worker
Overtime pay violations
Independent contractor misclassification
Rights for independent contractors and temporary workers

Civil Rights

Both state and federal laws provide residents of the United States with certain unalienable civil rights. Everyone deserves to be treated equally and fairly under the law, whether it is in the workplace, by privately owned business establishments, or through government agencies and law enforcement. Regardless of a person’s religion, race, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or level of disability, everyone has the right to be treated with the same level of dignity and respect.

Wage And Hour Law

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) comprises a range of federal wage and hour laws that guarantee a minimum wage and specific overtime rules for both private and government employers. In addition, California wage and hour laws are governed by the California Labor Code and state wage orders guidelines.