Walnut Creek Federal Employment Law
Understanding How Federal Employment Law Works
When you face an issue of discrimination or sexual harassment on the job, you are able to pursue remedies or damages under a number of laws in California. You are protected by state laws that expand upon the protections of federal law, and you may or may not be able to bring suit against individuals for personal liability in some instances.
The laws that protect you at work are complex and derive from a variety of sources. If you believe that you have been the victim of an unlawful workplace act, please contact Walnut Creek federal employment lawyer office, Nancy J. Balles, A Professional Corporation.
Applying Federal Employment Law in Walnut Creek
Federal employment law comes from a few main sources:
- The Federal Labor and Employment U.S. Code contains federal employment statutes.
- The Federal Labor and Employment Code of Regulations contains federal employment regulations.
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964 contains federal legislation that prohibits discrimination.
- Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act
- Americans with Disabilities Act
These sources of law are primary sources of legislation that govern what happens in court when judges or juries make decisions.
Federal statutes are supported, fleshed out, and progress through case law that applies them. That case law includes specific situations that our law office uses to show parallels between your situation and a situation that is already decided by the courts in our jurisdiction.
Federal employment law is then expanded further by the devolution of power to the State of California, which has created a body of law that is greater in its protection against workplace discrimination and sexual harassment than the federal laws from which they stem.
For instance, in California, you may be able to hold personally liable a supervisor who sexually harasses you. You also have the right to speak the language of your choice in the workplace as long as it does not impede the course of normal business or impose a safety hazard.
