New Orleans Retaliation and Wrongful Termination Lawyer
Phone: (504) 525-2520
Based in New Orleans, attorney James Arruebarrena has more than 13 years experience assisting employees throughout, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and southern Louisiana who have been wrongfully terminated.
What Is Retaliation and Wrongful Termination?
Retaliation or retaliatory discharge is when you are fired, or set up to be fired, in retaliation for exercising your rights, requesting an entitled benefit, reporting wrongdoing, or cooperating with an investigation. Some examples of retaliation include the following:
- Reporting environmental violations or participating in an investgation of environmental violations
- Assisting another employee who has made a complaint about prohibited discrimination (such as sexual harassment, race discrimination, disability discrimination, etc.)
- Filing a complaint or reporting prohibited discrimination or harassment
- Filing for FMLA or workers' compensation
- Whistleblowing by reporting or refusing to participate in illegal conduct
- Pregnancy
- Becoming disabled or an existing disability that does not affect your ability to perform your work
- Asking for an accommodation due a medical condition
What Should I Do?
If you have been fired, or feel you are being set up to be fired, because of exercising a right or benefit, or reporting a wrongdoing, then you should contact an experienced employment law attorney as soon as possible. If you can, put off quitting before consulting an experienced employment law attorney. The earlier we get involved, the better your chances of success. In the meantime:
- Make sure you make any complaints in writing, and keep a copy.
- If the company has an internal procedure for handling complaints, follow it.
- Be a model employee--don't give them a legitimate reason to fire you.
- Keep copies of any documents that are relevant to your performance.
Contact an Experienced New Orleans Retaliation and Wrongful Termination Lawyer
For more information about Louisiana retaliatory discharge and wrongful termination laws and your rights, or if you feel you are being set up to be fired, please schedule a confidential consultation by calling us at (504) 525-2520, e-mailing us, or filling out our employment law intake form on our Contact Us page. We can help you tailor correspondence and take the appropriate steps to ensure your rights are protected. You don't need to wait until you are fired to engage our firm. The earlier you contact us, the better your chances of attaining your goals.
