Los Angeles Abogado especializado en licencia por maternidad

Experienced Maternity Leave Attorney in Los Angeles, CA

Pregnancy and new parenthood should never cost you your paycheck, your title, or your job. Employers across Los Angeles sometimes cut an employee’s hours, push back a return date, deny requested time off, or let someone go not long after they ask for leave to recover from childbirth or bond with a new baby.

If something like that has happened to you, California law gives you a way to hold your employer accountable and recover what you lost. A Los Angeles maternity leave lawyer en Bufete Shirazi, P.C. can review what your employer did and tell you where you stand.

Emanuel Shirazi has practiced California employment law for 23 years, holds Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent rating, and has been named a Super Lawyer for employment law every year since 2016. He handles every case personally and represents employees only, never companies.

Reach out for a free case review and find out what your leave rights are worth before you decide on a next step.

Maternity Leave Issues We Handle for Los Angeles Employees

Pregnancy and family leave problems take many forms, and most employees do not realize a specific action was illegal until they ask a lawyer. We help Los Angeles workers who have faced:

• Denial of pregnancy disability leave for conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth
• Refusal to grant baby bonding leave after the birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child
• Demotion, a pay cut, or reduced hours after requesting or returning from leave
• Terminación that happens before, during, or shortly after maternity leave
• Failure to reinstate an employee to the same or a comparable position after leave ends
• Represalias for asking questions about leave, requesting accommodations, or filing a complaint

Each of these situations can support a separate legal claim, and more than one can show up in the same case.

What It Really Costs You When Maternity Leave Is Denied or Punished?

Lost wages are only part of your potential loss. An employee pushed out during leave can also lose health insurance coverage, seniority, bonus eligibility, and a career track that took years to build.

California law requires most employers to provide up to four months of job-protected leave for a disability related to pregnancy or childbirth. Eligible employees can also take up to 12 weeks of bonding leave after that disability period ends. This leave is separate from, and in addition to, the pregnancy disability leave (Cal. Gov’t. Code §§ 12945. 12945.2).

An employer that denies this leave, punishes an employee for taking it, or refuses to reinstate her afterward can be held financially responsible. Employees have a limited amount of time to take legal action, so contact a Los Angeles maternity leave lawyer as soon as possible.

Results We’ve Secured in Pregnancy and Medical Leave Cases

According to the firm’s case history, Shirazi Law Firm has secured over $2.4 million in a case involving an employer’s failure to provide required medical leave, and over $1.6 million in a pregnancy discrimination case. Both cases involved employees who were pushed out or punished after exercising leave rights tied to pregnancy or a medical condition. Overall, our verdicts and settlements total more than $100 million.

Prior resultados do not guarantee a similar outcome in any future case.

Why Los Angeles Employees Choose Emanuel Shirazi for Maternity Leave Matters?

Emanuel Shirazi has handled hundreds of discriminación por embarazo cases, including maternity leave disputes. He is not afraid to take a case to trial or to take on employers of any size.

He serves on the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Executive Committee, and he is often invited to speak at legal events. For example, he presented on “Trial Tips in Employment Cases” for the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Cases are handled on contingency, which means there is no fee unless he recovers money for you, and the firm covers the case costs along the way.

You get a free consultation and a lawyer who works the file himself, not a case handed off to someone with less experience.

FAQs About Los Angeles Maternity Leave Laws

¿Tengo que pagar algo por adelantado para contratar a un abogado especializado en licencia por maternidad en Los Angeles?

No, en Los Angeles, los casos de licencia por maternidad y embarazo en el Bufete de Abogados Shirazi se manejan a comisión, lo que significa que no se cobra honorario a menos que se recupere dinero para ti. El bufete también cubre los costos del caso a medida que avanza el proceso, por lo que no corres ningún riesgo financiero mientras tu caso esté pendiente.

¿De qué plazo dispongo para tomar medidas después de que mi empleador rechace o sancione mi solicitud de licencia en el programa California?

Por lo general, la ley California otorga a los empleados un plazo de tres años a partir de la fecha de la infracción para presentar una queja ante el estado antes de que ese derecho caduque. Esperar reduce el tiempo disponible para reunir documentos y declaraciones, por lo que es recomendable que un abogado especializado en licencia por maternidad bajo la ley Los Angeles revise tu situación lo antes posible.

¿Cuál es la diferencia entre la licencia por discapacidad durante el embarazo y la licencia de vínculo familiar de la Ley de Derechos Familiares (CFRA) California?

In California, pregnancy disability leave covers the time you are medically unable to work because of pregnancy or childbirth, up to four months. CFRA bonding leave is a separate period of up to 12 weeks that can follow, used specifically for bonding with a new child rather than medical recovery.

¿Puede mi empleador despedirme mientras estoy de licencia por maternidad en Los Angeles?

En Los Angeles, un empleador no puede despedirte legalmente simplemente porque estés embarazada o te encuentres en una licencia protegida. Si te despidieron durante la licencia o poco después, el momento en que ocurrió puede constituir una prueba importante en una demanda por despido injustificado o represalias.

¿Mi empleador tiene que reservarme mi puesto de trabajo exacto durante la licencia en el programa Los Angeles?

En el programa Los Angeles, tu empleador, por lo general, debe reincorporarte al mismo puesto o a uno equivalente, con salario, funciones y estatus similares, una vez que termine tu licencia protegida. Una degradación o un puesto diferente y de menor nivel al regresar puede constituir, en sí mismo, una violación.

¿Dónde presento una queja si mi empleador tiene su sede en California?

Complaints under California’s leave and discrimination laws go to the California Civil Rights Department, which maintains a Los Angeles office at 320 West 4th Street, Suite 1000, in Downtown Los Angeles. An abogado laboralista can help you decide whether to file there or go straight to court.

Speak With a Los Angeles Maternity Leave Lawyer Before Your Window Closes

Every month that passes after a wrongful demotion, denied leave, or retaliatory firing can make records harder to gather and witnesses harder to reach. Emanuel Shirazi represents employees only, and he personally handles each case from start to finish on contingency, with no fee unless he recovers money for you.

Póngase en contacto hoy mismo con el bufete de abogados Shirazi, P.C. para programar una consulta gratuita and find out what your maternity leave claim may be worth.