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Retaliation/WhistleblowerSan Jose, California, Retaliation and Whistleblower Protection AttorneyAccording to federal law, a whistleblower is an employee who reported the illegal activities of an employer or co-worker. An employee may report a manager who is sexually harassing a co-worker, or a manager may report the company for defrauding customers or the U.S. government. Whatever illegal behavior the employee reported, federal law protects the whistleblower employee from retaliation. At Mesirow & Fink, in San Jose, we understand that your work relationships can suffer if you report workplace harassment, discrimination or other illegal activities. While a co-worker or manager may be upset, he or she has no right to take negative or retaliatory action against you. Types of Retaliation Against WhistleblowersMr. Fink and staff work with employees who experienced harassment or retaliatory discharge for reporting wrongdoing. We have handled employment law cases involving many instances of employer retaliation against a whistleblower, such as:
When a whistleblower reports illegal activity, he or she should be commended, not wrongfully fired or harassed. If you blew the whistle on workplace harassment, discrimination, fraud against the government, civil rights violations or labor law violations and faced retaliation, we can help. Steven Fink has more than 30 years of employment law experience in California. His experience and skill in employment issues help our team to protect employee rights from retaliation in the workplace. We want to hear your story, and we offer confidential consultations. Our firm is committed to offering traditional legal services that focus on personalized, caring attention for every client. Contact Our Employment Law Attorney at Mesirow & FinkOur firm can also help with qui tam actions for employer fraud against the U.S. government. And if your employer violated whistleblower protection law when it fired or demoted you, contact attorney Steven Fink and our employment law team at Mesirow & Fink in San Jose. We can be reached by calling 408-256-2979 or by filling out the e-mail form on our Contact Us page. At the employment law firm of Mesirow & Fink in San Jose, California, we represent employees in communities throughout Silicon Valley, South Bay, Santa Clara County, and Santa Cruz County, such as Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Mountain View, Milpitas, Palo Alto, Santa Cruz, Cupertino, Watsonville, Gilroy, Campbell, Morgan Hill, Saratoga and Los Gatos. |
