Malibu

Malibu is a city located in the Santa Monica Mountains and on the Pacific Coast. Covering an area of 19.8 square miles, most of which is on land, its beaches cover more than 20 miles along the coast. The eastern side borders Topanga. The city’s population is 10,654, as of the 2020 census, and many residents are in the entertainment industry. Some of Malibu’s employers include Pepperdine University, POP Properties, Robb Report, Duke’s Malibu, Maui and Sons, HRL Laboratories, Paradigm Malibu, Cliffside Malibu, and Passages Addiction Treatment Centers. If you were harmed by your employer’s discrimination, harassment, retaliation or failure to abide by wage and hour laws, call the seasoned Malibu employment law attorneys of Calderone Law Firm. We have years of experience representing employees in workplace litigation.

Many people are too afraid to report their employer to officials for making false claims or other legal or public policy violations. It can be stressful to even think about making a report when your family’s survival depends, whether partly or fully, on your paycheck. You may feel uncertain about whether what your employer did truly counts as a violation of the law or a regulation. However, federal and state laws provide protections to encourage whistleblowers to come forward; you are protected so long as you reasonably believed the report you made was true. For instance, if you worked for a rehabilitation center and reasonably believed that your employer made a false claim for payment to the government, you’d have grounds to sue for retaliation, even if it turned out that the claim was not false.

We represent clients who face workplace discrimination, harassment and retaliation based on personal traits that are protected under local, state, or federal laws. Often, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) offers the most protection across the widest range of traits; it prohibits discrimination in any workplace with at least five employees. However, it also protects against sexual harassment in every workplace in California, even if you are the only employee.

Sometimes prospective clients are unsure of whether what they experienced counts as discrimination. Discrimination exists when an employer takes an adverse employment action against you due to a protected trait; harassment may be considered one of these adverse actions. For instance, if your employer refused to promote you to a customer-facing position because you are Middle Eastern and Muslim and wear a hijab, you may have a claim for discrimination. Similarly, if you are Black and your supervisor used racial slurs against you and fired you for reporting the slurs to his boss, you may have a claim.

Wage and hour lawsuits may involve minimum wage, overtime, meal and rest breaks, and the cost of uniforms or other gear needed to do your job. Malibu employers violate wage and hour laws in a range of ways. Among these are misclassifying nonexempt employees as independent contractors or exempt employees for purposes of avoiding payment of minimum wage or overtime or paying for workers’ compensation insurance. Another common violation is to ask employees to work off the clock or during mandatory meal and rest breaks. Some employers try to skirt the law by refusing to pay overtime because the extra hours weren’t approved. Under California law, the statute of limitations for wage and hour lawsuits is three years.

Often, the damages involved in wage and hour disputes are small, making attorneys reluctant to take these cases. However, if coworkers with similar disputes band together, it may be appropriate to pursue class action relief. These lawsuits necessitate representation by seasoned Malibu class action attorneys; we handle these cases.

It’s normal to feel anxious about going up against an employer in court. It’s crucial to retain a knowledgeable and tenacious lawyer to protect your rights and interests. If you need to pursue an employment lawsuit in Malibu, call Calderone Law Firm. Vincent Calderone, the founder of the Calderone Law Firm, has more than two decades of experience effectively litigating employment lawsuits. Please contact us online or call us at (424) 348-8290.