Employment Law

Ms. Freeze’s exclusive focus is employment law. Tamara S. Freeze has successfully counseled
and advocated on behalf of employees, who have been wrongfully terminated,
discriminated against, and have been erroneously misclassified as exempt
from overtime requirements.

Ms. Freeze will defend your rights in the following areas:

• Wage, hour, and overtime disputes (single plaintiff and class action), including meal and rest periods cases and misclassification cases
  

• Wrongful termination claims
  

• Sexual harassment claims
  

• Misappropriation of trade secrets, non-competition and intellectual property disputes
  

• Claims of discrimination based on age, sex, national origin, pregnancy, and other factors
  

• Employment contract disputes
  

• Employment litigation, including class action
  

• Disability accommodation
  

• State and federal leaves of absence compliance, such as FMLA, CFRA, California Pregnancy Disability Leave, and local sick leave ordinances
  

• International employment issues
  

• Negotiation of better severance packages
  

• Arbitration and Severance Agreements
  

	Wage, hour, and overtime disputes (single plaintiff and class action), including meal and rest periods cases and misclassification cases: Have you been working unpaid overtime? Do you frequently fail to take your meal and rest periods because you are too busy or because your employer does not allow you to? Is your employer paying you less than a minimum wage (currently, $8/per hour in California). To learn more - contact our law offices today.
Wrongful termination claims: Have you been unjustly terminated from your job or forced to resign? To learn more - contact our law offices today.
	Misappropriation of trade secrets, non-competition and intellectual property disputes: Are you thinking of starting your own business and need counseling regarding trade secrets and your right to compete? Is your employer threatening to sue you for trade secret misappropriation? To learn more - contact our law offices today.
Claims of discrimination based on age, sex, national origin, pregnancy, religion and other factors: Do you feel that you have been discriminated on the job because of your age, race, sex, national origin, pregnancy, or religious affiliation? Do you feel that your employer is treating other employees differently? Have you been retaliated by your employer for complaining about discrimination/harassment at work? To learn more - contact our law offices today.
	Employment contract disputes: Did your employer promise salary or benefits to you which was not delivered or unilaterally revoked? To learn more - contact our law offices today.
Employment litigation, including class action Motion practice, discovery, jury trials, and appeals To learn more - contact our law offices today.
	Disability accommodation: Are you suffering from a medical condition which prevents you from doing your work or allows you to do work with reasonable accommodation? Does your employer treat your differently than other (healthier) employees and refuses to accommodate your medical condition? To learn more - contact our law offices today.
State and federal leaves of absence compliance, such as FMLA, CFRA, California Pregnancy Disability Leave, and local sick leave ordinances: Have you been denied a leave of absence because of your medical condition or pregnancy or been discriminated against because you took it? To learn more - contact our law offices today.
	Negotiation of better severance packages: Were you fired or laid off and the employer offered a small severance package or none at all? To learn more - contact our law offices today.
Arbitration and Severance Agreements Are you given too many forms you don’t understand? Is your employer requiring you to sign an arbitration agreement or other legal documents as a condition of your employment? Do you want to know your legal rights? To learn more - contact our law offices today.

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