Orange County Age Discrimination Attorney
A common form of discrimination that takes place in the workplace has to do with an employee’s age. Employees over 40 suffer wrongful termination due to their age and find it difficult to obtain new employment for the same reason. To combat this injustice, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 was passed. In California The Fair Employment & Working Act prohibits discrimination in employment due to age. It is illegal for an employer or coworker to treat someone as inferior or incompetent due to their age over 40, and such actions should be immediately reported to supervision. Should your complaint be ignored or mishandled, you should then contact an Orange County employment attorney to defend your rights and obtain justice in your situation.
Hire an Age Discrimination Lawyer in Orange County
For an employment law firm that will make every effort to support and defend you in a discrimination situation, call Employment Lawyer’s Group. Our legal team could hear you out and guide you through the steps you need to take to hold your employer or coworker accountable for their behavior. Our firm could obtain the results you need and has proven its capability for success in the past. In fact, Attorney Karl Gerber has been selected for inclusion in California Super Lawyers for many years.
Common form of age discrimination include replacing older workers with young workers, assigning older workers less desirable job task often on the claimed basis the older workers is slower, does not understand new technology, or the older employee is less physically capable. If age over 40 is a factor in a lay off and there are disproportionate number of employees over 40 selected for lay off, that may be evidence of age discrimination.
How an Employment Lawyer Could Help
California labor laws protect workers from being treated unequally by their coworkers or employers. If you are being teased or harassed for your age, or if your workload is much less than you can handle because others think you are not competent, then call Employment Lawyer’s Group today for legal assistance. We could represent you in a mediation situation where you negotiate with the other party, or we could aggressively fight for you in court should a lawsuit be necessary.
Our Firm: No upfront fees or costs
Contingency Fee Representation
All employment cases for employees are taken on a contingency basis. We are only paid a fee when and if we win your case, and we advance all litigation costs. Our goal is to make expert legal representation accessible to every hardworking employee.
Serving San Diego County
We have proudly served all of San Diego County since 1993.
The Employment Lawyers Group has successfully handled
2,000+
Separate California Employment Cases
Media Engagements
Sample Case Results
Employment Case
$18,402,868
Jury verdict for male visually harassed and subject to crude comments by a female manager
breach of commission contract
$1,150,000
Unpaid commissions of two plaintiffs
unpaid wages
$875,000
For 4 oil field service industry workers whose times worked were not recorded on timesheets and were on-call
Disclaimer: These results are based on the facts of these specific cases and do not guarantee or predict a similar result in any future case.
Practice Areas
Discrimination
Age, Disability, Family Medical Leave (FMLA/CFRA), Gender, National Origin, Pregnancy, Race, and Sexual Orientation claims.
Unpaid Wages & Overtime
Recovering earnings for Overtime, Bonuses, Commissions, Meal & Rest Breaks, and Prevailing Wage violations.
Sexual Harassment
Compassionate and effective representation for victims of sexual harassment and hostile work environment claims.
Wrongful Termination
Representing employees terminated in violation of public policy, contracts, or California and Federal law.
Leaves & Retaliation
Protecting employees who face adverse actions after reporting illegal activity or taking protected medical leave.
Whistleblowers
Advocating for employees who report fraud, waste, or abuse in their organizations under whistleblower protections.
About Firm Founder, Karl Gerber
Firm Founder, Karl Gerber, has been an employment wrongful termination attorney since 1993. He has represented a wide range of employees throughout California.
Mr. Gerber has won 51 of the binding arbitrations and jury trials he first chaired, and a number of his appeals are published. This deep trial experience is the foundation of the firm's strategic approach to litigation.
The employment attorneys employed by the Employment Lawyers Group have worked at the firm well in excess of five years, have also tried many different labor cases, and have all been extensively trained on employment wrongful termination by Karl Gerber.
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