Can a California State Employee Be Fired During Probation? Rights, Appeals, and Legal Protections Explained

If you are a California state employee serving a probationary period, you do have important legal rights, which may protect you from being fired during probation. At the same time, those rights are considerably more limited than those enjoyed by employees who have successfully completed probation and obtained permanent status with the State of California Read More …

Fired Because of Complaints About You Or Due To Retaliation?

Many termination cases involve the following scenario of competing arguments. You claim that you were fired in retaliation for making some kind of protected complaint or disclosure. The employer claims that you were fired because of the complaint/s made about you by your co-workers or the employer’s customers. Determining whether those complaints were actually made Read More …