You’ve Earned Your Sick Leave. Use It Without Fear.
California’s Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act guarantees you the right to accrue and use paid sick leave. If your employer is blocking you from taking the time you’ve earned, penalizing you for using it, or flat-out refusing to pay you, we are here to hold them accountable.
Employers often treat paid sick leave as a burden they’d rather not pay. They implement illegal "attendance point" systems that punish you for calling out sick, or they create confusing, impossible-to-follow rules to discourage you from using the hours you’ve accrued. In California, you have the legal right to use your sick leave for yourself or to care for a family member. If your employer is making you pay for being sick, it’s time to level the playing field.
If your company uses an "occurrence" or "point" system that disciplines you for taking your legally protected sick leave.
Employers who refuse to let you use your accrued leave, claiming you need "pre-approval" or "proof" in ways not required by law.
If you have accrued leave but are forced to take the time off unpaid, or if your pay stub doesn't accurately reflect your accrued balance.
Being demoted, given worse shifts, or terminated because you used your legal right to take a sick day.
California law allows you to use your sick leave to care for family members. Denying this usage is a direct violation.
Employers who fail to track or provide the minimum amount of sick leave mandated by California’s Paid Sick Leave law.
Employers will often try to frame their denial of sick leave as "management discretion." We don't accept their version of the rules. We look at the California Labor Code and your specific accrual records to prove that your rights were ignored. We don't just want the few hours of pay they stole—we want the statutory penalties that accompany these violations.
“When you’re sick, your only focus should be recovery. We ensure your employer doesn't turn your health struggle into a financial or professional one.” — Avi Gholian, Founding Attorney
We work on a contingency basis. You pay nothing unless we recover your unpaid sick pay and penalties.
We know the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act inside and out, and we know exactly how to prove a violation.
We use legal discovery to force employers to produce their attendance and accrual records, uncovering systemic wage theft.
You do not need to figure this out alone. We keep the process clear, explain what matters, and help you understand what comes next.
No high-pressure sales. Just an honest talk about your situation and how we can help.
We evaluate your sick leave accrual, your company’s attendance policy, and how you were punished for taking time off.
We gather your pay stubs, time logs, attendance point records, and any communications regarding your sick leave denials.
We quantify the value of the unpaid time and the penalties your employer owes for violating California’s sick leave laws.
We represent your interests, aggressively pursuing your employer to force compliance and payment for your stolen time.
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You earned your sick leave. Don't let them take it from you. Contact us today for a free, confidential consultation. We fight on a contingency basis—you pay nothing unless we win.
