Employment Law

You have certain legally guaranteed rights in the workplace—rights that protect you from discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage theft, and more. If your employer has violated one of these rights, you deserve skilled and experienced legal advocacy to demand justice and accountability. The legal team at Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC, represents hard-working clients across the mid-Atlantic, including in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia.

If you have a legal matter involving your employer, let us help you protect your rights and interests. Contact Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC, for an initial case review with a knowledgeable employment law attorney to discuss your next steps.

Why Choose an Employment Law Attorney from Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC

An employment-related legal matter can put everything you’ve worked so hard to achieve at risk. Choose an employment law attorney from Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC, to help you pursue a favorable resolution to your case because:

Our firm is dedicated to protecting workers who face legal challenges with employers or face discrimination, harassment, or retaliation in the workplace.
With us by your side, you will never face challenging legal situations with an employer alone. Our attorneys will work tirelessly to help you secure a favorable outcome to move forward with your career and life.
Our legal team has over 75 years of combined legal experience in employment law. Our insights allow us to develop tailored, innovative legal solutions for our clients.

Types of Employment Law Claims We Handle

At Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC, our employment law attorneys can assist you with a wide range of legal matters and claims, including:

Discrimination and retaliation claims: Workers are protected from being discriminated against because of their race, age, sex, sexual orientation, religion, pregnancy, and disability. An employer might violate a worker’s rights by taking adverse employment actions against the employee or maintaining a hostile work environment based on an employee’s protected characteristics.
Sexual harassment claims: Workers may have legal claims against employers when they experience sexual harassment in the workplace, including a hostile work environment based on sex, unwanted sexual advances, and quid pro quo offers.
Whistleblower claims and whistleblower retaliation: Employees receive whistleblower protections when they report an employer’s illegal or unethical conduct or participate in an investigation or regulatory or judicial proceeding for the employer’s alleged misconduct. Employers violate these protective laws when they retaliate against workers who engage in protected whistleblower activity.
Employment contracts and executive compensation agreements: Our firm helps workers negotiate employment and compensation agreements, including equity or deferred compensation contracts.
FMLA interference and retaliation claims: The Family and Medical Leave Act provides eligible workers up to 12 weeks of job-protected leave. Employees may have claims when employers refuse to grant qualifying leave or retaliate against a worker who takes protected leave.
Wrongful termination claims: Our firm pursues legal claims for employees subjected to wrongful terminations, including discriminatory or retaliatory firings that breach a worker’s employment contract.
Wage-and-hour claims: State and federal laws provide various wage protections to employees, including minimum wage rights, overtime rules, and protections against gender-based wage disparity
Severance agreements: We help employees who leave their jobs or have ongoing legal disputes with their employers negotiate severance agreements that provide benefits, including resolution of legal claims and financial support as they look for their next jobs.

What Steps Should You Take if You Have an Employment Law Claim?

There are certain practical steps you can take to protect yourself in the event that you find yourself in a legal dispute with your employer or prospective employer. Here’s what you can do to lay the groundwork for a successful employment law claim:

Gather critical documents, such as correspondence with the employer, your offer letter or employment contract, your employee handbook, emails, or text messages.
Keep notes of your interactions with co-workers, supervisors, and managers. Note whether anyone at your company may have relevant testimony for your case.
Find copies of your pay stubs if you experience lost wages due to your employer’s misconduct.
Contact an experienced employment law attorney with Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC, for an initial case review.

How Long Do You Have to File an Employment Law Claim?

Various deadlines apply to employment law claims, such as discrimination, hostile work environments, retaliation, or wage claims. For example, most discrimination claims require you to file a charge of discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or an equivalent state agency within 180 days of an employer’s discriminatory act or the last discriminatory act in a continuing course of discrimination. However, some claims have a 300-day deadline for filing a charge of discrimination. When the EEOC or a state agency issues you a right-to-sue letter authorizing you to file a discrimination or hostile work environment lawsuit, you typically have 90 days to file suit.

Other employment law claims have different claim deadlines, such as wage-and-hour, gender-based wage disparity, FMLA interference/retaliation, or whistleblower retaliation claims. As such, don’t put off consulting an employment law attorney as soon as possible. Otherwise, you may lose your right to seek compensation or other relief.

What Evidence Might You Need to Prove Your Case?

If you suspect you have a legal claim against your employer or a prospective employer, you will need substantial evidence to prove the employer’s misconduct and establish your right to financial compensation or other relief. The types of documents or testimony you will need may depend on the type of claim you have. Here are some common types of evidence that may prove helpful with your employment law claim:

Copies of written correspondence from your employer
Copies of emails, texts, or internal messages
A copy of your offer letter, employment contract, or employee handbook
Copies of your pay stubs
A copy of your employee file
Your employer’s HR records
Copies of your medical records (if you have a disability/pregnancy discrimination claim or an FMLA claim)
Testimony from co-workers, HR representatives, or supervisors/managers

How Can an Employment Law Attorney Help You?

At Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC, our goal is to help you negotiate the terms and conditions of your employment with an employer or pursue legal claims to seek remedies for employer misconduct. We can support your case by:

Sitting down with you to discuss your case and understand your needs, concerns, and goals
Using what we’ve learned during our consultation to pursue a tailored legal strategy to match
Thoroughly investigating your employment law claim to obtain evidence that can help prove your case
Reviewing the facts and circumstances of your case to evaluate your legal options
Vigorously negotiating on your behalf with your employer to reach a fair agreement or settle your claims for a proper recovery
Advocating your case in court if litigation becomes necessary to fight for your interests

Contact Our Firm Today to Discuss Your Rights

Do you have a legal matter or dispute with your employer? If so, an experienced employment law attorney can protect your rights and seek a resolution that meets your interests. Contact Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC, today for a confidential consultation with our legal team to discuss your options for resolving your matter or case.

Talk To An Employment Lawyer Today

To talk to an attorney at Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC, about your employment concerns, please call 202.745.1942 or complete the contact form on this site. Our law office is in Washington, D.C.