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Both California law and federal law prohibit employers from engaging in racial discrimination against employees or allowing racial discrimination to occur at their workplaces. Additionally, employers may not retaliate against employees who call attention to acts of discrimination. This does not mean that all employers abide by the relevant laws. The past and current struggles ...

None of us want to be in a situation where we need to whistleblow, but we find it necessary when illegal and often heinous acts are going on. We want to work in places where integrity matters, but that isn’t always the case. The Los Angeles whistleblower lawyers at The Rager Law Firm wish to ...

Our Whistleblowers Attorneys at The Rager Law Firm believe in the power of telling the truth. Working in the legal field we have seen our clients suffer from name calling to retaliation tactics that endanger their livelihood and family. Whistleblowers play a vital role in businesses and the public at larger. Whistleblowers are often burdened ...

Safety concerns crop up in the workplace, creating the potential for serious bodily harm or even death. As a California worker, you can absolutely refuse to undertake work that can potentially cause you injury or make you ill. In the state of California, employees are legally protected from unsafe and dangerous working conditions under the ...

Children are the biggest tattle-tales. They tell on everything. If you had a younger sibling then you completely understand. If you were the younger sibling then you may carry some guilt for telling on your siblings as much as you did. We teach children to tell, but only some things because, to be honest, parents ...

Here at The Rager Law Firm, our Los Angeles whistleblower attorney is often asked about employees’ legal options for filing a whistleblower retaliation complaint and lawsuit in California. What many workers in California do not realize is that there are several options for taking legal action against an employer who retaliates against you for reporting ...

It takes incredible courage for an employee to come forward and let people know when their employer is doing something dangerous or illegal. The Office of Special Counsel recently named three TSA employees as winners of its Public Servants of the Year award for blowing the whistle on “systemic deficiencies and lax airport security protocols ...

You witness your employer falsifying documents and you feel that you need to report it. Unfortunately, you get adverse action taken against you. You are eventually fired. The adverse action also includes a demotion or suspension. Whistleblowing is when you report a violation of the law by your employer. It is your right to report ...

When we go to work for someone, whether a private company or public entity, we never expect that we will discover that our employer is engaging in illegal activity or acting in a way that is a breach of public trust. Discovering something like that can be hard on an employee because they know that ...

In March a long standing debate between the IRS and two whistleblowers finally came to an end. This long pending debate was regarding the amount of money as compensation that can be claimed by whistleblowers who report any sort of tax fraud or other tax related offences successfully. There is a scheme created by the ...