Domestic Violence and The Rights of Employees

In our society Domestic Violence has become a major social, political and legal issue.  Domestic Violence affects millions of woman and men yearly.  There are federal and state laws that protect victims of domestic violence. Many states in the United States of America have given certain legal duties to employers of workers that have been victim of domestic violence.

Under California Law employers must give employees that have been victimized by domestic violence a certain reasonable amount of time off so that they are able to deal with the issue and other relevant issues that are related to the act of home place violence.

Under the Family and Medical Leave employee are given the right to take time off to

·         Seek medical care for injuries

·         Get service from shelters and or domestic violence programs or race care centers

·         Time to obtain mental health counseling from trained therapists, physiologist, and or psychiatrists

·         Time must be given so that the employee is able to seek out and plan for current and future safety

·         Time must be given so that the employee is given time to relocate in order to protect his/her and her children’s safety

Employers cannot fire or discriminate against a person if that person is she has decided to use the rights to protect herself from domestic violence based of the laws that are provided under California Law.    If you are a person that has been involved in domestic violence and you have been discriminated, fired, or have been subject to disciplinary action in the workplace as a result of exercising your right to protect yourself you need to know that you have rights.  Downtown Los Angeles Law Group will work tirelessly to see to it that your rights are protected here.  Our knowledgeable staff of Workplace discrimination lawyers and Employment Attorney will work with you to see that your rights are protected. 

Domestic Violence can be a difficult and arduous experience to woman and men that go through it.  What makes the experience of Domestic Violence worse is the often ill and wrongful discrimination that a Victim of Domestic violence is subjected to in the workplace.   For more information on Domestic Violence and Workplace Discrimination please feel free to Visit our web page.  Downtownlalaw.com.  or call (855) DT-LA-LAW for a Free Consultation with our domestic violence attorney or workplace labor lawyers, we are here to help