http://www.peterslawgroup.com California Employee Rights Law Firm Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:51:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [wp_explorer]Clients/Datanet[/wp_explorer] http://www.peterslawgroup.com/datanet-litigation [wp_explorer]Clients/Silva[/wp_explorer] http://www.peterslawgroup.com/silva-maria Welcome to the Peters Law Group website. We are a law firm that represents employees exclusively (not employers) to help them enforce their rights against their current or former employers. We represent clients in a variety of settings, including state and federal courts, administrative agencies, arbitrations, mediations, or in ... http://www.peterslawgroup.com/pages/43 Mr. Peters has spent his entire legal career practicing exclusively employment law, representing only employees, not employers. While Mr. Peters practices in virtually all areas of employment law, some of Mr. Peters' areas of emphasis include wage and hour law, wrongful termination, illegal retaliation, disability discrimination, and breaches of employment contracts. Professional ... http://www.peterslawgroup.com/about-our-attorneys/james-peters Ms. Peters has spent her entire legal career practicing only employment law, representing only employees. While Ms. Peters practices in virtually all areas of employment law, some of Ms. Peters' areas of emphasis include discrimination based on gender, pregnancy, race, disability, age and sexual orientation. Ms. Peters represents employees before the United ... http://www.peterslawgroup.com/about-our-attorneys/sara-peters Just as it is illegal to discriminate against an employee, it is also illegal to retaliate against an employee for complaining about discrimination at work. Both formal and informal complaints are protected, regardless of the validity of the original complaint. “Retaliation” also means a lot more than termination. Recently, the ... http://www.peterslawgroup.com/laws/discrimination/retaliation-for-complaints It is illegal under both state and federal law to discriminate against an employee because of their membership in the armed forces. The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (”USERRA”) prohibits discrimination against employees because of their membership in armed services. Additionally, the Act generally prohibits termination of employees ... http://www.peterslawgroup.com/laws/discrimination/armed-forces-discrimination As the "baby boomers" begin retiring, age discrimination employment law cases are becoming much more prevalant. Federal and state laws prohibit discrimination based on an employee’s age if that employee is over 40 years old. There are limited exceptions for such things as mandatory retirement at a certain age. To ... http://www.peterslawgroup.com/laws/discrimination/age-discrimination California law prohibits discrimination against employees based on sexual orientation. This includes situations where the employer has wrongly perceived the employee's orientation Attorney Sara R. Peters is active in opposing this type of discrimination and has served on the Sexual Orientation Discrimination Committee for the National Employment Lawyers Association ("NELA"). If ... http://www.peterslawgroup.com/laws/discrimination/sexual-orientation-discrimination Federal and state laws prohibit discrimination based on an employee’s religion. There is, however, a “ministerial” exception to these laws which allows a church or other religious organization to discriminate based on an employee’s religion. For example, a Catholic church can refuse to hire a Lutheran minister based on ... http://www.peterslawgroup.com/laws/discrimination/religious-discrimination