Harassment - Employee 

Los Angeles, California Sexual Harassment Lawyers

Employers who allow sexual harassment to occur in the workplace - or fail to prevent it - can be held financially liable for harm suffered as a result. Even if a company has an official policy against sexual harassment, employers can be held liable for the actions of their employees while on company grounds and on company time.

At the Los Angeles law office of Mesisca Riley & Kreitenberg, our attorneys represent victims of sexual harassment. We work with our own investigators if necessary in order to collect e-mails, memos, suggestive voice messages, eyewitness testimony, and background information on the persons involved. While sexual harassment can be obvious, it can also take subtle forms: an inordinate amount of personal attention, unwanted remarks about physical appearance, jokes that imply a quid pro quo exchange of favors, etc. In order to establish our client's case, we thoroughly review what was said and done and investigate whether other employees were the target of similar actions on the part of supervisors, managers, or co-workers.

If you believe you have been the target of sexual harassment, contact the sexual harassment attorneys at the law office of Mesisca Riley & Kreitenberg today and schedule an appointment to discuss your case.

Sexual Harassment Can Create a Hostile Work Environment

The employment law attorneys at Mesisca Riley & Kreitenberg represent victims of sexual harassment involving the following:

  • Unwanted touching, pinching, brushing or groping
  • Sexually explicit e-mails, phone messages or notes
  • Sexually suggestive remarks
  • Offer of promotion in exchange for sexual favors
  • Sexually explicit jokes or images posted in the workplace or distributed via e-mail
  • Repeated remarks about physical appearance, dress, weight, etc.

Retaliation for Reporting Sexual Harassment

When managers or supervisors are guilty of sexual harassment, they can retaliate, especially when their overtures are rejected and reported. Retaliation can take the form of asking you to do extra work, work strange hours, targeting you for disciplinary action on trumped-up charges of poor work performance, and firing you for cooperating in an investigation of sexual harassment.

Here, our attorneys subpoena company records to determine if a pattern of behavior is evident: Was promotion or advance denied? Was the employee fired or disciplined? Did a supervisor or manager treat other employees the same? Did he or she discipline other employees for similar mistakes? Did scheduling changes impact other employees equally?

Demand Justice and Compensation

Harassers don't realize it's almost impossible not to leave a paper trail or other evidence at some point in their activity. Our office is very experienced and adept at gathering evidence and exposing patters of behavior indicative of sexual harassment and the creation of a hostile work environment.

Before you contact the EEOC, learn more about your worker's rights and how we can make the law work in your favor - contact the sexual harassment attorneys at the law office of Mesisca Riley & Kreitenberg today.