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The only step OP should take is finding a lawyer that will work on contingency. There are plenty of employment lawyers who will take the case and bill you hourl

by mike_d 4y ago

The only step OP should take is finding a lawyer that will work on contingency. There are plenty of employment lawyers who will take the case and bill you hourly, but if you can't find one to take it on contingency that is a good sign you don't have a real case. Putting down the pitchforks for a moment, we are in a wave of industry wide layoffs. Some quick Googling says that you qualify for pregnancy disability leave in California at 36 weeks (about 4 weeks before birth). Getting ready to file the paperwork doesn't qualify you or infer any protected status.

toomuchtodo 4y ago
I hope we can agree no one here is qualified to make a determination wrt the merits of the case. OP should find their attorney (agree they should be judicious in choosing one), preserve evidence, and notify regulators. Let the regulator determine if they will take action. That’s their job, not an internet forum’s, and it is free to file the complaint(s). Their purpose is to investigate claims. No pitchforks (I would agree that isn’t helpful), simply taking steps to ensure assertion of someone’s rights and that a rigorous independent examination of the situation occurs.
lelanthran 4y ago
> The only step OP should take is finding a lawyer that will work on contingency. There are plenty of employment lawyers who will take the case and bill you hourly, but if you can't find one to take it on contingency that is a good sign you don't have a real case. This! Unless you're working in a dinky little mickey-mouse outfit, I will bet good money that HR consulted their lawyers before firing. Which means we have two parties here, and one party has already been advised on a course of action by their lawyers. It's a shitty thing to do, but my money is on the company being in the clear, legally. You can bet your ass that the company covered theirs.

by mike_d 4y ago

toomuchtodo 4y ago

I hope we can agree no one here is qualified to make a determination wrt the merits of the case. OP should find their attorney (agree they should be judicious in choosing one), preserve evidence, and notify regulators. Let the regulator determine if they will take action. That’s their job, not an internet forum’s, and it is free to file the complaint(s). Their purpose is to investigate claims. No pitchforks (I would agree that isn’t helpful), simply taking steps to ensure assertion of someone’s rights and that a rigorous independent examination of the situation occurs.

lelanthran 4y ago

> The only step OP should take is finding a lawyer that will work on contingency. There are plenty of employment lawyers who will take the case and bill you hourly, but if you can't find one to take it on contingency that is a good sign you don't have a real case. This! Unless you're working in a dinky little mickey-mouse outfit, I will bet good money that HR consulted their lawyers before firing. Which means we have two parties here, and one party has already been advised on a course of action by their lawyers. It's a shitty thing to do, but my money is on the company being in the clear, legally. You can bet your ass that the company covered theirs.