Whistle-Blowing & Retaliation Lawsuits
We’ve helped employees just like you recover millions in damages. We can help you too!
We’ve helped employees just like you recover millions in damages. We can help you too!
El-Hag & Associates, P.C is a labor & employment law firm that fights for employees, workers, and freelancers who are whistleblowers having exposed, or who are about to expose, unethical or illegal behavior at the workplace. Often workers not familiar with Federal, State, and Local time work Laws, do not realize that they are protected from retaliation if they do make a whistleblower complaint.
Because of this, our goal as a whistleblower labor and employment law firm, our goal is to educate and empower every working person in Westchester County New York, New York City, and the surrounding areas to learn their whistleblower rights and protection from retaliation. We will educate you about your whistleblowing rights at work and create a comprehensive legal strategy and plan to address your whistleblowing or retaliation legal needs. We guarantee a relationship of ongoing trust, transparency, and communication in dealing with your whistleblowing retaliation legal issues. If you feel you are being retaliated against in the workplace because of whistleblowing, or otherwise, treated unfairly in the workplace, or wrongly terminated, call El-Hag & Associates, PC- a Westchester New York labor & employment law firm and we will fight for you.
If you complained about your employer breaking the law and you were fired, then you might be a victim of retaliation. If you were fired, demoted, suspended, threatened, harassed or otherwise discriminated against after you tried to stand up for your rights in the workplace, El-Hag & Associates, P.C can help you.
Whistle-blowing is separated from retaliation because there are specific laws under which you can file a whistle-blower claim. Under the New York State Labor Law there are separate whistle-blower protections in addition to the retaliation provisions listed above. The New York Whistle-Blower laws are contained under NY. Lab. Law. 740 and NY. Lab. Law 741.
- Health Care Worker Protection. New York Labor Law Section 741 specifically protects healthcare workers who lodge complaints against their employer for the mistreatment of patients.
- Non Health Care Worker Protection. New York Labor Law Section 740 protects non-healthcare workers who lodge complaints against their employer.
- Federal Law. Under the Federal Law, there are numerous laws and regulations under which you have protections for reporting your employer. A good resource to provide you with an overview can be found here- https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42727.pdf
If you believe you were a victim of retaliation by your employer
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What is Retaliation?
Retaliation is when your employer fires, demotes, suspends, threatens, harasses or otherwise discriminates against you because you engaged in some form of protected activity. Many of the employment laws that protect employees have specific provisions that protect employees from employer retaliation. For example:
- Unpaid wage & overtime lawsuits. Under both the Federal & New York State law, it is unlawful for your employer to terminate you because you complained about not being paid correctly. In fact, even if you were being paid correctly but you reasonably believed that you were not being paid correctly, and you complained to your employer, then you are protected by the retaliation protections of the wage and hour laws.
- Discrimination. Under both the Federal and New York State discrimination laws, it is unlawful for your employer to terminate you because you complained about discrimination in the workplace or because you filed a charge of discrimination.
- Union formation. Under the National Labor Relations Act, it is unlawful for your employer to retaliate against you for engaging in protected concerted activity. The National Labor Relations Board has exclusive jurisdiction over prosecuting unfair labor practice charges, which is what a retaliation charge would constitute.
- Family and Medical Leave Act. Under the Family & Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), you are protected from retaliation for your utilization of the FMLA protections, for lodging a complaint about FMLA violations, or if you are complaining about your coworkers’ rights being violated under the FMLA.
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How We HelpYouRecover Any Wages Unjustly Held in Retaliation by Your Employer and Other Compensation You May Be Entitled In Just 4-9 Months
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10-minute initial free wage evaluation. We give you the game plan that you can follow even if you do not want to work with us. Just fill out the form to start.
Detailed Consult
Demand Letter
Lawsuit
We file the lawsuit, we spend the money, you only have to be involved for a few hours over the course of the lawsuit. 90% of the time, we manage to settle the case, you get paid.
Finalize
the lawsuit, you sign some papers and get your check.
How We Help You Recover Any Wages Unjustly Held in Retaliation by Your Employer and Other Compensation You May Be Entitled in Just Four -9 Months in Just Four 4 -9 Months
You can sue any company you worked for in the past six years. It does not have to be a company at which you are currently working.
The law protects you. The law prevents retaliation. You can collect unpaid overtime and other lost wages and benefits, penalties, demand your job back, and even demand front pay (money to cover you for the time it would take to find new work.
Attorney-Client Privilege- We CANNOT tell anyone about your case unless you ask us to. Your call is 100% confidential and protected by the attorney-client privilege.
Attack only when you’re comfortable. We only move forward when you are ready. There is no pressure to start. You can have your free wage evaluation, come up with a strategy, collect evidence, and begin when you are ready.
Why you should not wait to take action
The Company can go out of business.
You can run out of time to bring a lawsuit if you haven't already
The company can be sold or transferred
Someone else could sue and complicate your chance of collecting your wages
The company could file for bankruptcy
The owner could die
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Justina Peets
Jordan and his staff was so professional, and on top of my case, they updated me throughout the process the whole way through! If i ever need a lawyer again i will be calling Jordan without a second thought.
Matthew Zekanovic
Jordan and his team are the best at what they do. His professionalism is nothing but superior and made the whole process easy and stress free. There wasn't a single objective that he couldn't overcome. Jordan was nothing but honest, transparent, and easy to work with. Never at one point did I feel he wasn't trustworthy. He guided me in the right direction to achieve the best possible outcome, and succeeded. I wouldn't recommend anyone else but El-Hag & Associates!
Paul
I hired Jordan to take a look at a recent employment agreement. Unlike other lawyers, it was a pleasure communicating with him. We had an initial phone call and within 2 hours he read the documents, attached notes to specific parts of it and was able to break it down for me in plain English. He has been available for follow up questions without demanding additional pay - which I appreciate. I work in the psychiatry field and have a very good sense for people and their trustworthiness. I will definitely be coming back to Jordan for any future legal advice associated with my business. I also plan to recommend him to colleagues, friends and family. A+ experience!
Jeffrey Medina
Very responsive and knowledgeable. Great guy who is willing to help no matter how big or small the issue or question.
Kinney Glass
I was discouraged by other firms who told me it wasn’t worth effort. After the first time speaking with Jordan El-Hag I decided to place my faith in him. He was patient and meticulous. Always keeping me up to date with the case. When curveballs would come my way the team would reassure me not to worry. I will recommend everyone I know to El Hag and Associates.
Why clients prefer El-Hag Law
Company lied by saying employees should not be paid for travel time because they only used the construction headquarters for commuting.
Approach
Hired a private detective to video tape the construction yard in the mornings to show that the workday began when employees arrived to work.
Result
We secured for our client one of the largest single-person wage recoveries that the Judge had seen in his career!
Company tried to not pay our client who worked in an office overtime by claiming she was an exempt administrative employee and sales person.
Approach
We got the business owner to lie under oath, and then showed the court the evidence of our client working at the restaurant. Subjecting the company owner to perjury charges.
Result
Our client secured $35,000 and was able to start a restaurant of his own with his family using the settlement money.
Company tried to not pay our client who worked in an office overtime by claiming she was an exempt administrative employee and sales person.
Approach
We threatened to bring a class action lawsuit against the company because they misclassified all the workers in the same position, and we were able to negotiate a premium settlement for our client.
Result
We secured our client $50,000 and she landed a new job the next week. She was able to buy a new car for commuting and put money into her retirement savings account.
“El-Hag helped me recover $100,000 in unpaid overtime because the time spent traveling was not paid”
Awareness is the first step to stopping whistleblower retaliation. If if your employer is retaliating against you for reporting illegal and/or unethical behavior you should call El-Hag & Associates, PC, today. The most important thing is to keep track of the retaliation being directed at you. Do not rely on your employer to do that for you. It can add up to a significant amount of money.
In Westchester New York, many working men and women living in Yonkers, Mount Vernon and New Rochelle are victims of workplace retaliation. That is why El-Hag & Associates, P.C is a Westchester whistleblower retaliation law firm, focusing on employment law in Westchester New York. If you find that you are being retaliated against contact El-Hag & Associates, P.C today and we can help you stop the retaliation and get any wages or other compensation that your boss has not paid you. Make sure you protect your rights and your livelihood.
The Labor Law Firm of El-Hag & Associates is dedicated to protecting the rights of whistleblowers. If you have been wrongfully terminated or retaliated against for reporting misconduct or illegal activity in the workplace, we can help. We have a proven track record of success in whistleblower protection cases, and we will fight tirelessly to get you the justice and compensation you deserve. Contact us today to learn more about how we can help you.