Regardless of whether or not you are leaving a job on your own terms, the process can be challenging, disheartening, and stressful. Often to make having to fire or lay off someone a less stressful situation for the employee involved, a company will offer a severance agreement. Most people are…

Fraudulent employee misrepresentation occurs when employers make deliberately or intentionally false statements to bait current employees or job applicants into accepting their offer of employment. An individual who’s been victimized by misrepresentation may have a claim against their employer and may be able to recover compensation for losses incurred due…

Our team at Minnis & Smallets is proud to assist clients facing a challenging situation at their workplace. We strive to provide expert legal guidance for individuals whose legal rights were violated at work, and we are honored to have our hard work recognized. Partners Sonya Smallets and Aaron Minnis…

Under the California Family Rights Act (CFRA), employers should provide eligible employees 12 weeks of job-secured, unpaid leave to bond with their newborn or take care of their own health conditions or family members with qualified health conditions. Likewise, employers must provide job-secured, unpaid leave, also called pregnancy disability leave…