WRONGFUL TERMINATION LAWYER NY
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!
Do you think that you might have been a victim of wrongful termination? El-Hag & Associates, P.C can help you. We are Westchester New York labor and employment wrongful termination lawyers. We have recovered millions of dollars for victims of workplace wrongful termination and discrimination. We have brought discrimination lawsuits arising out of wrongful termination cases against small businesses and major multinational corporations and have achieved excellent results for our clients.
New York employees wrongfully terminated from their job may be entitled to certain benefits. These benefits can include unemployment insurance, workers' compensation, and possibly other forms of compensation. You should speak with our labor and employment lawyers as soon as possible. We can advise you of your rights and help you pursue any available compensation.
If you think you might be a victim of workplace disability discrimination, breach of contract, or retaliation please call us today for a free consultation. We can quickly assess your case and let you know the options available to you. In most cases, it is very difficult to prove wrongful termination given the wide latitude that employers in New York have worked "At -Will" employees and because there is no “smoking gun”, which is why it is best to schedule a consultation with our employment and labor law firm and go through the facts a come up with a plan.
WHAT IS WRONGFUL TERMINATION
Wrongful discharge or wrongful termination includes firing an employee for discriminatory purposes, violation of labor state and federal laws, a breach of contract, a violation of whistleblower cases, retaliation, or terminating someone's employment to harass them.
Termination because of discrimination: Your employer cannot fire you because of any personal characteristic protected by law. In New York, these include, among others, sex, religion, gender, race, religion, pregnancy, sexual orientation, military, state, citizenship status, marital status, or disability. Contact us to find out if the reason for your termination violated a protected status.
Examples Of WRONGFUL TERMINATION OR WRONGFUL DISCHARGE
Termination for non-working off-duty conduct: Off-duty behavior cannot result in your being fired from your job in New York.
Breach of Contract Termination from work
Discriminatorily based wrongful termination
Termination based upon marital status
Whistle-blowing or Retaliation
To avoid paying benefits that others receive doing the same job
For reporting an unsafe work enviornment
What Is Not Wrongful Termination or Harassment
At El-Hag & Associates, P.C we receive calls every day from people who believe that they have lost their job for unfair reasons, or because the workplace is not fair. This is not wrongful termination or wrongful discharge by itself. To learn if the treatment on your job is due to fairness in the workplace contact the employment and labor law firm of El-Hag & Associates.
Wrongful Termination: Often wrongful termination occurs because of your being part of a protected class. For example, an employer can decide that he will fire any person if they come 1 minute late to work, even if it happened only 1 time. But it would be discriminatory if the employer said that he is only going to apply that policy to Hispanic employees.
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How Do You Win A Wrongful Termination Lawsuit?
There are several factors that you must prove to win a wrongful termination lawsuit. If you can answer yes to the following questions, you may have been a victim of wrongful termination:
1) Do you work at a company with 4 or more employees? The New York State Human Rights Law only protects employees who work for an employer with 4 or more employees. Federal Law requires that the employer employ more than 15 employees. So, the first thing to check is if you are protected by the law.
2) Did something bad happen to you at work? This is known as an “adverse employment action”. You must be able to show that something bad happened to you at work. Examples of adverse employment actions include being wrongfully terminated.
3) Are you a member of a protected class? To prove employment discrimination, you must show that you are a member of a “protected class”, for example you have a qualified disability that doesn't affect job performance
4) Were you qualified to perform the job at issue? You must be able to demonstrate that you had the right skill set to perform the job at issue despite your disability.
- An example of being unqualified- is if you apply for a job as a lawyer, but you don’t have a law degree, you won’t be able to say that you were discriminated against if a law firm did not hire you.
- An example of being qualified and passed over in a discriminatory situation would be if you had the same or greater abilities than others who applied for a job position. Both you and the person without a disability or personal characteristics had equal experience working in the position you were working in at the time you were fired. If the other individual was not fired but you were the company will have to be able to provide a legitimate reason that you, as a qualified individual was fired from your job.
5) Does it seem likely that your wrongful termination was due to disability discrimination that occurred because you are a member of a protected class? This means that there is some evidence that shows that something bad happened to you at work BECAUSE of your disability or personal characteristics. There must be a believable cause-and-effect relationship between your being terminated from your job. For example, you were fired BECAUSE you have a DISABILITY.
6) Is your employer’s reason for Firing you a lie (“Pretext”)? Your employer can take any negative action in the workplace as long as there is a legitimate reason for it, and it is not retaliatory. In almost 100% of wrongful firing cases, your boss is going to have an excuse that explains why you were fired. It is your responsibility to demonstrate that your boss’s excuse is not true and that the real reason is a breach of contract, disability discrimination, whistleblower, or retaliation. For example, if you are disabled and your employer fired you because you performed your job poorly or had a bad attitude, your boss can terminate you. But if every person acts the same way and performs the job the same way as you, then your employer’s excuse that you performed poorly is most likely a lie.
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Case Results & Testimonials
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How We Help You Get the Compensation That You Deserve For Your Wrongful Termination Case In Just 4-9 Months

Schedule
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
Finish the lawsuit, you sign some papers and get your check.
Don't Let Your Employer Intimidate You From Being Compensated For The Your Wrongful Termination By Threatening Or Scaring You Into Inaction
You can sue any company you worked for in the past three 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 wages and benefits, and 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 wrongful termination evaluation, come up with a strategy, collect evidence, and begin when you are ready.
Why You Should Not Wait To Take Action Against Your Employer For Wrongful Termination
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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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!
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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!
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Get Compensated for your Wrongful Termination
Awareness is the first step to stopping Wrongful Termination. If any of the job termination violations applies to you, then you should call El-Hag & Associates, PC today. The most important thing is to keep track of the information related to your wrongful termination. Do not rely on your employer or others to do that for you.
In Westchester New York, many working men and women living in Yonkers, Mount Vernon, and New Rochelle are victims of disability discrimination. That is why El-Hag & Associates, PC, is a Westchester wrongful termination law firm, focusing on labor and employment law in New York. If you find that you have been wrongfully discharged from work, contact El-Hag & Associates, PC today and we can help you get the compensation that you deserve. Make sure you protect your rights and your livelihood.