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Carney R. Shegerian, an employee rights attorney and founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based litigation law firm representing employees, has issued the following statement informing employees of their rights under the “WARN” Act. On February 19, 2010 the Los Angeles Times reported that in an effort to help address the city’s budget crisis…

Carney R. Shegerian, an employee rights attorney and founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based litigation law firm representing employees, has issued the following statement on military leave and re-employment rights. Those who serve in the military are often regularly employed employees who get called away from their jobs for military service. During this…

Carney R. Shegerian, an employee rights attorney and founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based litigation law firm representing employees, has issued the following statement on workplace safety. On February 8, 2010 the Los Angeles Times reported five workers killed and many more injured when clearing a natural gas piping system in a Connecticut…

Carney R. Shegerian, founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based law firm specializing in employee rights, has been named by California Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in California for 2010. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers. The selections for Super Lawyers are…

Carney R. Shegerian, an employee rights attorney and founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based litigation law firm representing employees, has issued the following comment surrounding proposition 8 and the potential effects in the workplace. Shegerian states, “So often people with the same sex sexual orientation feel afraid to reveal such orientation to employers…

Five current and former Armenian officers have filed a joint lawsuit against the Glendale Police Department, alleging years of discrimination, derogatory comments and harassment because of their race. Officers John Balian and Robert Parseghian; Sgts. Vahak Mardikian and Tigran Topadzhikyan; and former Officer Benny Simonzad filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court last week, alleging…

Five Glendale police officers of Armenian background have filed a federal lawsuit in Los Angeles, alleging discrimination and harassment by the Glendale Police Department, an employee rights law firm announced today. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles last week, alleges “systemic and continuous discriminatory, harassing and retaliatory conduct based on ethnicity”…

In a city with a population that’s nearly half Armenian-American, four current law enforcers and one former officer with Armenian heritage are suing the Glendale Police Department for discrimination. The suit was filed in federal court last week by officers John Balian and Robert Parseghian, sergeants Vahak Mardikian and Tigran Topadzhikyan, and former officer Benny…

Carney R. Shegerian, an employee rights attorney and founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based litigation law firm representing employees, has issued the following comment on the abuse of low wage workers. Per a new UCLA study which was the focus of a January 6th Los Angeles Times article, “…almost nine out of 10…

Carney R. Shegerian, an employee rights attorney and founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based litigation law firm representing employees, has issued the following comment on the effects of undocumented immigrants on the U.S. economy. Per a new UCLA study which was the focus of a January 7thLos Angeles Times article, legislation legalizing immigrants…

Carney R. Shegerian, an employee rights attorney and founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based litigation law firm that represents employees exclusively, has issued the following comment on the film “Up in the Air,” starring George Clooney. In “Up in the Air,” Clooney is a professional employee-terminator who fires people from their jobs in…