Harassment by coworkers is one of the most traumatic experiences an employee may go through. For the protection of employees against this type of harassment, California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) says that an employer may be held liable for workplace harassment even if the perpetrator was not a supervisor but only a coworker. […]
California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) broadly describes two ways to categorize sexual harassment at the workplace. Under the Act, sexual harassment refers to: (a) unwelcome sexual advances or other types of physical, verbal or visual misconduct of a sexual nature; and/or (b) actions that create a hostile, offensive or intimidating workplace environment based […]
Several recent federal laws (some in response to criticisms of Wall Street) have strengthened the law protecting whistleblowers and reward them more richly. Those who “blow the whistle” on their employers face the risk of retaliation in any form from demotion to termination. The government and the public benefit from the actions of whistleblowers, and […]
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act protects employees who report securities fraud from workplace retaliation. Learn who is covered, current filing deadlines, and how our Los Angeles whistleblower attorneys can help.
Continue reading...The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act created a formal whistleblower program that rewards individuals who report securities fraud and related financial misconduct to federal regulators. A separate legal tool called a qui tam action lets employees and other insiders sue on the government’s behalf when a company defrauds a federal or state […]
An employee who knows that his or her employer is defrauding the government can file a lawsuit to uncover the fraud, and may be entitled to a percentage of the government’s recovery. This type of lawsuit is known as a “qui tam” suit, and may also be referred to as a “false claims” action because […]
