Westwood Employment Lawyer

If You Work for a Public Employer

Westwood’s biggest employers are the university and its medical center, and that makes a difference. The University of California is a public employer, and claims against public entities can follow different rules. For some kinds of damages, you have to file a written government claim within six months before you can sue. Discrimination and harassment claims under the Fair Employment and Housing Act go through the Civil Rights Department instead, generally within three years. If your employer is public, please don’t sit on it.

Retaliation and Leave

Retaliation is a real risk in Westwood’s big institutions. An employee reports a patient-safety problem, a research issue, or a billing practice, and then their schedule changes, their reviews drop, or they’re put on a performance improvement plan. The closer the timing, the stronger the inference. Medical leave disputes and denied accommodations come up too. See our pages on whistleblower retaliation and disability discrimination.

Offices and the Village

Westwood is part of the City of Los Angeles, so private employers have to pay at least $18.42 an hour (since July 1, 2026). In the Wilshire office towers, a common issue is exempt misclassification. In the Village, it’s often students and part-timers who don’t get their breaks or the city minimum.

Cases We Handle

• Whistleblower retaliation
• Disability discrimination and failure to accommodate
• Wrongful termination
• Sexual harassment
• Wage and hour claims

Nearby Areas We Serve

• Beverly Hills employment lawyer
• Santa Monica employment lawyer
• Encino employment lawyer
• All California employment law cases we handle

Call us at (310) 424-9971 or send us a message for a free consultation. We work on contingency, so there are no attorney fees unless we recover money for you.