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Law against discrimination
Ageism, racism, sexism, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, and
sex and race harassment.

Whistleblower
Persons who report to the chain of command or appropriate regulators
illegal or unethical conduct that affects the public and is not merely an
internal personnel matter.

Employee handbook
Promises of specific treatment under specified circumstances, which are
circulated to employees in a suitably official form. (Example: check your
employee handbook or supervisors' manual subsections titled
"Grievances," "Discipline," "Termination," "Employee rights and
responsibilities" and "Last Chance Memos.")

Overtime pay
Work weeks requiring more than 40 hours (normally production work or
hourly workers).

Pension and severance
Employee benefits that do not begin until the employment is terminated and
are subject to ERISA reporting, writing, grievance, and publication
requirements.

Workers' Compensation/Third Party Injury Claims
Workers' Compensation (L&I) covers injuries in the course of your
employment. Third parties include your employer's contractors, service
providers, repair shops, leasing companies, and non-employed site
workers, who may be sued for injuries independently of workers'
compensation, unlike your employer or its other employees who are
responsible only for Workers' Compensation benefits.

Practice Areas:
Employment Law; Civil Rights; Discrimination; Harassment; Sex Discrimination; Age Discrimination; Race Discrimination; Disability Discrimination; Sexual
Orientation; Ethnic Origin; Employee Handbook; Contracts; Pension; Severance; Whistleblower; Defamation; Employee Rights.





		Some bosses disrespect people who don't look like them or didn't grow up in the same neighborhood. Some bosses won't stand for workers who work hard, play by the rules, and expect the same of their boss. Some bosses won't keep their written commitments. I fight the boss in Court. Mike Jacobson has been focusing since 1990 on individual employment rights litigation: