San Bruno California Employment Law Attorney
Nelson Law Group
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900 Cherry Avenue Suite 300 San Bruno, California 94066 USA |
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(650) 557-4746
or (866) 290-0424
(650) 794-2761
www.rnelsonlawgroup.com
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At the Nelson Law Group we believe our clients come first, and we will solve any labor and employment matters our clients’ may have in a workplace. We have an aversion to inefficiency, waste, and over-billing, and dislike the cookie-cutter approach many large law firms take to employment. We recover millions of dollars in damages and unpaid wages by helping hundreds of our clients. A lawyer who believes that client service comes first, will treat cases with a compassionate and professional touch.
We handle issues such as retaliation and wrongful termination, breach of contract, employment and severance agreements, unpaid overtime and other wage violations, sexual harassment (including hostile environment harassment), denied meal and rest breaks, discrimination, breach of privacy and trade secret and non-disclosure issues. We also provide policies, handbooks, counseling and training to help companies avoid such claims in the first place.
We represent both employers and employees in all types of labor and employment matters. While many law firms choose to represent either employers or employees, we believe that representing both sides helps us to better understand, recognize and address the root causes of employment disputes.
Practice Areas
Additional Practice Areas: Employee Misclassification, Employee Handbook Law, Severance Agreement Law
Practice Areas Description
- Pregnancy Discrimination LawPregnancy and family responsibility discrimination are growing areas of employment litigation. Pregnancy discrimination (which is in fact a sub-set of sex discrimination) occurs when an employer denies a job benefit to a woman because she is pregnant, and/or because she is exercising (or plans to exercise) any of her pregnancy-related rights, such as the right to maternity leave. Under state and federal law, pregnant employees can receive several months of unpaid leave for childbirth (although most employees are only eligible for about half that amount, if that). Unfortunately, many employers regularly refuse to hire pregnant employees for fear that their maternity leave may interfere with work requirements.
- Employment Discrimination
At the Nelson Law Group, I represent employers and employees facing employment discrimination issues and claims. As a skilled San Francisco employment discrimination claim lawyer, I can help you understand your legal options.
- Age Discrimination
At the Nelson Law Group, I represent employers and employees in age discrimination suits. Having represented both sides, I understand the other side's perspective and can work to diligently prepare your case, regardless of whether you are the plaintiff or the defendant.
- Disability Discrimination and Employment Law
In California, disabled workers are protected both by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). Under both the ADA and FEHA, there are two major categories of disability discrimination:
Denying someone a job benefit because of a disability; and
Failing to accommodate someone who has a disability
-Sexual Harassment Claim
Harassment is the single most misunderstood employment law claim. Many people think that simply being bullied, yelled at or micro-managed in the workplace automatically gives them a claim for harassment. This is not necessarily so. Whether and to what extent someone may have a claim for harassment depends largely on whether the harassing behavior they are experiencing is because of a protected criteria (e.g., race, gender, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, etc.). If a manager is an "equal opportunity jerk" and treats everyone badly, then his/her conduct may not constitute harassment. But if harassing behavior is selectively targeted only at particular groups of employees (e.g., women only), then the harassed employees may have viable legal claims.
- Workplace Discrimination
At the Nelson Law Group, I represent employers and employees who need legal counsel or representation regarding leave and family responsibilities. I offer employers advice on compliance with federal and state family and medical leave laws.
- Wrongful Termination
I represent employers and employees in wrongful termination or retaliation disputes. As an experienced San Francisco wrongful termination lawyer with the Nelson Law Group, I can advise and counsel you on your rights and help you protect your interests in an employment-related suit.
- Wage and Hour Law
Wage-and-hour issues are, by far, the hottest area in employment law today. "Wage-and-hour" means everything related to compensation for work performed, including unpaid minimum wages, overtime, commissions, accrued vacation, meal and rest breaks, and waiting time penalties for any of the above-noted violations.
- Wage and Hour Law
At the Nelson Law Group, I represent clients in need of employment law counsel and litigation representation. Whether you are an employer or an employee, I can help you understand your rights and responsibilities in relation to wage and hour law as well as unfair business practices.
- Employee Misclassification
At the Nelson Law Group, I help employers and employees resolve employment issues related to independent contractors. I can help you understand the difference between contractors and employees and advise you on how the distinction could affect your business or your job.
- Employment Law
California is an "at-will" state, which means that employment relationships generally can be terminated at any time, for any lawful reason. But despite this at-will presumption, employers often enter into agreements with their employees to define parameters of the employment relationship. These agreements can be either oral or written, and they can govern a multitude of subjects. The most common kinds of employment-related agreements are:
General employment contracts or offer letters, which establish the basics of the employment relationship (e.g., job title, duties, compensation, etc.);
Arbitration agreements, by which employees relinquish their rights to have employment disputes adjudicated in court; and
Non-disclosure and/or non-compete agreements, which are often illegal, except in very limited circumstances.
- Employee Handbook Law
Employee handbooks and written personnel policies are effective ways to establish rules and expectations for your respective employment relationships. If your business is ever involved in an employee lawsuit, your handbook and personnel policies can be integral to show that you in fact complied with the law. Keeping your handbook and policies accurate and up-to-date is important to any company that wants to minimize its exposure to litigation.
- Severance Agreement Law
Severance agreements are contractual arrangements, almost always committed to writing, in which employers offer employees money or other consideration they are not otherwise entitled to in exchange for the employees' agreement not to sue for any claims they may have. Severance agreements are most common when employees are involved in a mass layoff; when employees have worked for a long time; and/or when employers fear that the employees may have viable claims and therefore want to "buy peace."
Attorneys
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Mr. Robert S Nelson
Attorney Contracts, Discrimination, Employment, Qui Tam False Claims Act, Sexual Harassment |
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