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Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: “I worked in sales for a major corporation for over three years without incident. Nearly a year ago, my manager accused me of using a false signature on an enrollment form and wrote a letter that will stay in my personnel file for one year. “I insisted I…

Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: “I am a staff professional who recently accepted a transfer to a new department. Within days, it was obvious that my new supervisor was mainly interested in giving direction without accepting my input and in treating me like an untrained employee. “I endured six weeks of heavy handed…

Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: “I work for a very large corporation. At our local office we have three immediate supervisors, and two of them are making the employees’ work life very stressful to the point it is almost unbearable. They continuously make derogatory remarks about employees to other employees, threaten employees with…

Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: “I recently completed a one year assignment as a contractor with a large company. I left under what I believed to be favorable circumstances. “I recently became aware that the project manager at the company has been giving extremely negative information about me to prospective clients. I did…

Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: Our employee manual states that maternity leave is granted for birth or adoption of a child. Originally HR told me I could take time off with pay for adoption. When I asked for this information in writing, it changed to I can take time off with no pay,…

by Patrick E. Turner Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: Can you please provide more information on using up to one half of one’s paid sick leave to care for a sick wife based on a new law? A: “The law you’re referencing is California Labor Code section 233, which was added by statute…