#1 Reason Employees Get Fired (unlawfully)

This video is about the most common reason employees get fired in violation of the law. It is when a worker gets fired for having a disability, but the employer was legally required to accommodate them. This is a "failure to accommodate" case under the American's with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is, unfortunately, extremely common.

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00:00 - Introduction
00:38 - Failure to Accommodate Disabled Workers
01:43 - Big Picture on Reasonable Accommodations
03:25 - Legal Protections
04:32 - How Far Must an Employer Go?
05:45 - Preview of Video Series
06:48 - Contact Information
07:22 - Conclusion

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What is the number one reason why hardworking Americans get fired unlawfully? Corporate managers in HR routinely fire people in violation of this law without even knowing it, and the consequences for workers are horrific. You and your loved ones should know about this law so that you can detect the warning signs and save yourself from getting fired. My name is Branigan Robertson, and I'm an employment lawyer.

In the last 10 years, my office received more than 15,000 inquiries from California workers. Based on that data set and from talking to other employment lawyers throughout the state who do the same area of law as me, I know that the most common reason why employees get fired unlawfully is that the employer is not willing to reasonably accommodate the worker when he or she becomes disabled. Now, if you're young or relatively healthy, you might be thinking, "I'm not disabled. This doesn't apply to me." Think again. I've talked to hundreds of totally healthy workers who quickly got fired because they had a small health issue unexpectedly pop up, and the employer didn't want to deal with it and fired them. At some point in your career, this area of law will be very important to you or to a loved one, so keep watching.

This is the first video in a five part video series. This first video is all about the big picture concerning, you guessed it, reasonable accommodations. So let me give you a very high level view of what we're talking about. At some point during your working career, you are going to have some sort of physical health issue or mental health issue that conflicts with your ability to do your job duties. You might get a concussion, break a leg, have a mental breakdown, get diagnosed with cancer, have a stroke, or have some other serious medical issue. It could be a short-term temporary issue, or it could be a long-term permanent issue. It could happen to you at work or it could happen to you outside of work. The details at this point don't matter. What matters is that you become disabled and the disability will interfere with your ability to do your job, and that's a big problem for your employer. They need to get things done, but they're not getting done because you're in the hospital or you're getting treatment or you're recovering or whatever.

Now that you have the basic overview, let me tell you where this video series is going to go. The next video goes deeper into what the law protects and what it doesn't. I'll explain the legal parameters of disability and reasonable accommodation. The third video in this series, I'll share all the shady ways that companies and HR refuse to accommodate disabled workers in violation of the law. In the fourth video, I'll share the best practices, how you can request a reasonable accommodation and maximize the chances that you'll get it. Moreover, in that video, I'm also going to explain how to lay a legal foundation so that if they do fire you, you'll have the evidence necessary to hold the company accountable in court. And the last video is all about money. I'll explain how much money that you can win in a lawsuit with a lawyer like me if your employer breaks the laws and you get fired.

Anything that I'm talking about in this video series should not be construed as legal advice. This is YouTube. If you need legal advice for a specific situation, you should pick up the phone and call a lawyer in your state. I'm a California lawyer and the free consultation process at my office is for California workers who got fired and they believe that they have a case for wrongful termination, retaliation harassment, or discrimination. If that applies to you and you think I've earned your phone call, please feel free to call us for a free consultation.

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