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One study from 2013 indicated 17% of all American workers believe they will be laid off during the year. The statistic was 1% or 2% lower in some months before the survey. Other years, the numbers have been higher. This year we have received many telephone calls and e-mail inquiries from employees who have been laid off. It is important to have the name and phone number of an employment lawyer if you are laid off.

When employers lay off their employees sometimes they offer severance. Typically, employees are only given approximately a week to consider their severance agreement. It can take a week to get a call back from a busy labor lawyer in court. It can also take several days to find the right labor lawyer by scrolling through the internet, asking friends, and searching directories. Be a step ahead, have our telephone number (818) 783-7300 if you find yourself in need of a labor lawyer.

Severance agreements can be enticing. They can offer money when an employee is about to lose their regular paycheck. If you have a legitimate case due to your selection for layoff, the severance agreement as given to you is probably inadequate. Only if you hire an established labor lawyer will the employer even consider offering you a fair severance package without a lawsuit. Alternatively, your damages due to job termination may be too high to accept a small severance. An experienced labor lawyer can advise you whether you should pursue legal action against your employer.

Questions about the continuation of health insurance through your employer and your 401k may also come up unexpectedly if you are laid off.If you have our telephone number, you will have somebody capable of reviewing your employment situation immediately.

Every year we receive hundreds of telephone calls from prospective clients who were laid off. We have litigated, in arbitration and court, many layoff cases. Several of these cases involved the layoffs of employees out on Family Medical Leave. Another involved an employee out on a cancer leave. In 2012 we handled a big layoff case in which the employee was selected for layoff due to his age which is a pattern we have successfully litigated for many years. We have no reason to believe this year will be any different. Typically, the word layoff is used to justify the termination of somebody the employer wants to unjustly fire. Allow us to investigate whether you were really part of a layoff and you were selected for a legitimate reason versus an illegitimate illegal reason.

We also believe it is important to be able to have the name and phone number of an employment law firm in the event a situation comes up of sexual harassment, job threats, there may be grounds for quitting your job, or there is the need to obtain a medical leave at work.

You also need a workers compensation lawyer in the event you are injured at work. There are many rules in the workers compensation system about who selects the doctor, and there are many reasons to get away from the employer’s chosen medical clinic and start treating with a more neutral doctor and/or a specialist if you have a work injury. Time is a huge factor in workers compensation. Even more, you want the best doctor to treat you for your work injury, evaluate your work injury, and only a workers compensation attorney can assist you with that happening in the workers compensation system.

We look forward to being your workplace lawyer; the workplace lawyer for your entire family. Keep us in mind. Bookmark our site and write down our telephone number in the unfortunate event you need a labor lawyer. We are the Employment Lawyers Group. We have offices throughout California, and have represented tens of thousands of individuals in employee lawsuits.