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Know Your Rights

Half of what you’ve heard about work law isn’t true.

"I'm on medical leave, so I can't be laid off" — not true; it depends, largely, on who chose the people that got laid off. "At-will means they can fire me for anything" — not for an illegal reason, they can't. These guides are the plain-English version of what the law actually says: what counts, what to do, and how long you have — organized by what's happening to you. None of this is legal advice. It's a place to get your bearings before we talk.

Whistleblower retaliation vs. FEHA retaliation: which law protects you?Read → How soon is too soon? Timing and California's 90-day retaliation presumptionRead → What actually counts as "protected activity" in California?Read →
What makes harassment illegal in California — and why "severe or pervasive" changedRead → Proving discrimination when no one admits it: comparisons, pretext, and "culture fit"Read → Over 40 and suddenly “not a culture fit”: age discrimination in CaliforniaRead → Sexual harassment at work: your rights, whether you spoke up or notRead →
How much pregnancy and baby-bonding leave you really get in CaliforniaRead → Passed over after maternity leave: promotions, the maternal wall, and the job you come back toRead → Passed over, replaced, or let go while pregnant or on leave: is it legal?Read →
Fired after disclosing a disability: the "sudden performance problem" patternRead → What is the interactive process — and what does a real one look like?Read → Autism and ADHD at work: disclosure, accommodations, and the disclosure penaltyRead → When time off is a right: leave for surgery, injury, illness, and treatmentRead → The whole game is what they knew: thirty years of mental-health cases, read togetherRead → Caring for a disabled family member: your rights when work gets in the wayRead → New case — Husband v. Target: must an employer accommodate a mental health condition it wasn't told about?Read →
CFRA vs. FMLA: which leave protects you, and for how longRead → Coming back to a smaller job: what "the same or a comparable position" really meansRead → Punished for taking leave: interference and retaliation, explainedRead →
At-will employment in California: what your employer can and can't fire you forRead → You can see it coming: what to do while you still have your jobRead → Fired right after you spoke up: how the real reason gets provenRead →
Should you sign that severance agreement? What you're really giving upRead → How severance gets negotiated — and where leverage really comes fromRead →
Suing a government employer in California: the deadlines that catch peopleRead → In a union? Why your discrimination claim isn't the union's to handleRead → Police, fire, and teachers: the extra protections public employees haveRead →

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