SPEAK ABOUT YOUR CASE WITH OUR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION LAWYER

According to state and federal law, it’s illegal for your employer to discriminate against you or terminate you owing to a disability, whether it’s physical or mental. Despite it being illegal, employers do make such decisions, and some are caught and punished for them. Certain employers are subtle, while others are more explicit with their actions. Our disability discrimination lawyer in Los Angeles can help you ascertain specific patterns of behavior to determine whether you’ve been subject to discrimination. Following are the signs and actions that signal discrimination towards you:

• Deliberately reducing your work hours.
• Giving you bad performance reviews, despite your exemplary performance.
• Terminating you due to the perception you have a disability, even if you don’t have one
• Reducing your responsibilities and pay.
• Increasing your workload while others capable of handling the tasks have more reasonable workloads.
• Implementing rules and regulations that adversely affect only disabled individuals.
• Cracking jokes, taunting, and teasing you regarding your disability.
• Allowing other employees to make jokes about or taunt your disability.
• Denying a promotion.
• Demoting you owing to your disability.
• Terminating you for requesting accommodation for your disability.
• Terminating you for taking medical leaves.

Both federal and state laws protect a wide variety of disabilities, including the following:

• Mental Disabilities

Mental conditions such as PTSD, depression, OCD, bipolar disorder, manic depression, or any form of anxiety and stress disorder.

• Physical Disabilities

Any disability that can affect the employee’s ability to carry out everyday activities. The disabilities include permanent conditions such as spinal cord injuries, brain injuries, or hearing, and visual impairments.

• Medical Conditions

These medical conditions include multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, diabetes, asthma, epilepsy, or temporary conditions such as pregnancy or childbirth.

Fight for Your Legal Rights With Siman Law Firm

It is an employer’s legal responsibility to provide “reasonable accommodation,” to employees who are ill or have disabilities. With the law on your side, you can communicate your concerns to your HR department or supervisor. If your employer fails to communicate with you one-on-one regarding your special accommodation needs, or if you’re fired for putting your request across, or denied opportunities to advance in your career due to your disability, you can secure compensation for:

• Lost benefits
• Cost of emotional pain and suffering
• Lost salary
• Punitive damages (in some instances)

If your employer is unaware of the type of accommodation they should provide you, they should:

• Permit you to work from home as opposed to the office.
• Grant medical leave due to your condition.
• Alter your work schedule (days and hours of work) to suit you.
• Alter your workspace to make sure that it’s comfortable for disabled access.
• Change your work tools and equipment, e.g., monitor, keyboard, chair, and/or desk to make it easier for you to work.
• Provide additional training and support.
• Reassign you to a different job position, if possible.

Take A Stand against Disability Discrimination with Our Professional Lawyers

Even if you’re unsure whether you have a disability discrimination claim, communicate your experiences to us and let us help you navigate this issue. Our disability discrimination lawyer in Los Angeles can help you understand employment laws. If you feel that factors beyond your control have affected your job review, or have led your termination, contact us. Representing you with knowledge, expertise, passion, and honesty, we’re committed to securing fair compensation for the ordeal you’ve suffered.