DISABILITY  DISCRIMINATION LAWYERS - LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA

Blady Weinreb Law Group LLP’s Los Angeles attorneys represent employees in claims for disability discrimination and failure to accommodate disabilities against their employers. We represent employees in both individual and class action cases throughout Los Angeles County and nearby counties, such as Orange County and Ventura County. If you believe you have been subjected to disability discrimination by your employer, please contact one of our Los Angeles lawyers at 323-933-1352.

California Law Prohibits Disability Discrimination in Employment

California law makes in an unlawful employment practice to discriminate against employees with disabilities. Disability discrimination may arise in situations where an employer: 

    1. Fails to make reasonable accommodation for a disability; 
    2. Fails to provide disabled employees time off from work for doctor or medical visits; 
    3. Requires employees to peform work that is subject of medical restrictions; 
    4. Retaliates against an employee for asserting or insisting on disability rights; 
    5. Takes an adverse employment because of an actual or perceived disability; 
    6. Terminates an employee because of an actual or perceived disability.

Failure to Accomodate Disability 

California law also requires employer to provide reasonable and effective accommodations for disabilities, unless providing such accommodations would result in an undue hardship for th employer. When an employee has a disability, the employer must explore all possibilities of reasonable accommodation prior to rejecting the person for a job or making any employment-related decision. An accommodation is reasonable if it does not impose an undue hardship on the employer's business. Reasonable accommodation can include, but is not limited to, the following: 

    1. Changing the job duties 
    2. Changing the work shift 
    3. Providing leave for medical care 
    4. Accommodating work schedules 
    5. Providing mechanical or electrical aids

Under California law, employees with disabilities are entitled to reasonable accommodations, including medical leaves of absence and extensions of medical leaves of absence; unless an employer can prove that a requested accommodation would impose an undue hardship on its operations. California and Los Angeles employers may be held liable for damages for failing to provide a reasonable accommodation that would have permitted an employee to return to work and perform his or her essential job functions.

Examples of Conditions that May be a Disability Under California Lawy\

There are many conditions that may meet the criteria for a disability under California law, including: (1) AIDS/HIV, (2) Alcoholism, (3) Allergies/Allergic Reactions, (4) Amuptation, Anemia, (5) Attention Deficit Disorder, (6) Back Injuries, (7)Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depression), (8) Cancer, (9) Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, (10) Chron's Disease, (11) Chronic Illness, (12) Colitis, (13) Depression/General Anxiety Disorder, (14) Heart Disease, (15) Hearing Impaired or Deaf, (16) Work Limiting Injuries, (17) Lupus, (18) Lyme Disease, (19) Meningitis, (20) Mental Disorders, (21) Migraine Headache, (22) Panic Disorder, (23) Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, (24)Pregnancy, (25) Sleep Disorders, (26)Thyroid conditions.


If you believe that your employer has discriminated against you because of your disability or medical condition, please contact a Blady Weinreb Law Group Los Angeles Lawyer at 323-933-1352.