Referral Resources - Barrett & Farahany

Helping employees find justice in eight states with offices in Illinois, Georgia, and Alabama.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC):

Go to https://www.eeoc.gov/employees-job-applicants for information on filing a charge of discrimination against your employer. In general, you need to file a charge within 180 calendar days from the day the discrimination took place. Sometimes the deadline is extended. See here: https://www.eeoc.gov/time-limits-filing-charge

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, EEOC.

Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division:

DOL WHD’s mission is to promote and achieve compliance with labor standards to protect and enhance the welfare of the nation’s workforce.  They enforce the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting most full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in federal, state, and local governments.  They also enforce the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), under which eligible employees of covered employers have the right to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons.  For more information on worker rights, go to https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/workers To file a complaint against your employer go to https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/contact/complaints. For help, call the toll-free help line at 1-866-4-USWAGE (1-866-487-9243).

Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division

National Labor Relations Board:

The NLRB safeguards employees’ rights to organize, engage with one another to seek better working conditions, choose whether or not to have a collective bargaining representative negotiate on their behalf with their employer, or refrain from doing so. It also acts to prevent and remedy unfair labor practices committed by private sector employers and unions. https://www.nlrb.gov/contact-us

National Labor Relations Board

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration:

Call OSHA to report emergencies, unsafe working conditions, safety and health violations, to file a complaint, or to ask safety and health questions: 800-321-6742 (OSHA) To file a complaint against your employer go here: https://www.osha.gov/workers/file-complaint

Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division

OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program:

You have the right to file a whistleblower complaint with OSHA if you believe your employer retaliated against you for exercising your rights as an employee under the whistleblower protection laws enforced by OSHA.  OSHA administers more than 20 whistleblower statutes, with varying time limits for filing.  For more information on filing a complaint go here: https://www.whistleblowers.gov/complaint_page

National Employment Lawyers Association:

If you believe that you have been treated illegally by your employer, our Find A Lawyer Directory can help you locate a NELA Member in your area.

National Employment Lawyers Association

Job Accommodation Network:

free, expert, and confidential guidance on job accommodations and disability employment issues, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Job Accommodation Network

Georgia:

  • State Bar of Georgia: resources to find a lawyer who practices the type of law you need. https://www.gabar.org/forthepublic/findalawyer.cfm
    (404) 521-0777
  • GeorgiaLegalAid: Free, easy to understand legal information and legal resources from Atlanta Legal Aid Society and Georgia Legal Services Program.
    https://www.georgialegalaid.org/
  • Atlanta Legal Aid Society: helps low-income people with public benefits, housing, unemployment and other issues in the 5 metro Atlanta counties.
    https://atlantalegalaid.org/get-help/
  • Georgia Legal Services Program: helps low-income people with public benefits, housing, unemployment and other issues outside the 5 metro Atlanta counties.
    https://www.glsp.org/need-help/

Alabama:

Illinois:

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