# Medical Condition Discrimination Lawyer San Jose > Facing workplace issues? The Employment Lawyers Group offers confidential phone consultations to evaluate your case quickly. Source: https://sivalleylaborlawyer.com/medical-condition/ Firm: Employment Lawyers Group — employee-side employment lawyers since 1993. Serving Santa Clara County, California. Phone: (877) 525-0700 (calling is the fastest way to reach the legal team) Office: 111 N. Market St, #300, San Jose, CA 95113 Contact form: https://sivalleylaborlawyer.com/contact/ Consultations are free and confidential; cases are taken on contingency. --- Dealing with a severe illness is stressful, especially when your employer is making your life even more difficult by [discriminating against you at work](https://joblawyer.net/discrimination/). If you are the victim of unfair employer actions due to your medical condition you may be entitled to compensation. I am Karl A. Gerber, founder and lead trial attorney of the Employment Lawyers Group. Our attorneys have extensive experience helping employees who have experienced discrimination due to cancer, AIDS, diabetes and other serious medical conditions. Contact us to discuss your case. In Southern California, we have offices in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, Gardena, Tustin, San Diego, Oxnard, and Bakersfield. In Northern California we have employee labor law offices in Sacramento, San Francisco, and San Jose. We handle cases in all parts of California. ## Protections For Workers With Serious Medical Conditions In California, disabled employees enjoy broad protections under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and possibly the California Family Rights Act (CFRA). If you qualify, under the CFRA and the FMLA, you can take up to 12 weeks of leave in a 12-month period to deal with health issues. You may be able to take additional leave if you are disabled. Since your company's human resources department may not be aware of the law, it is best to consult an experienced employment law attorney to determine your rights. Determining which leave law applies is a question for an experience [leave of absence attorney](https://joblawyer.net/leaves-of-absence/). If you have medical restrictions due to your medical condition, your employer is required to honor those restrictions. If your condition qualifies as a disability under the Department of Fair Employment and Housing or the [Family and Medical Leave Act](https://joblawyer.net/medical-condition-discrimination/), your employer is required to make reasonable accommodations that would allow you to perform your essential job functions. **Employers cannot take adverse actions against you based on your medical condition such as:** 1. Failing to hire you 2. Demoting or transferring you 3. Firing you 4. Reducing your hours 5. Failing to accommodate your medical conditions and/or treatment 6. Giving you a false, poor work evaluation 7. Failing to reinstate the employee following a leave of absence We have won many jury trials involving disabilities and [pregnancy discrimination](https://joblawyer.net/pregnancy-discrimination/). Likewise we have won binding arbitrations involving Family Medical Leave Act issues. We have also settled lawsuits for employees going through cancer treatment. One recent settlement resulted in the employee receiving compensation of more than seven years of her normal salary. 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He has represented a wide range of employees throughout California. Mr. Gerber has won **51 of the binding arbitrations and jury trials** he first chaired, and a number of his appeals are published. This deep trial experience is the foundation of the firm's strategic approach to litigation. The employment attorneys employed by the Employment Lawyers Group have worked at the firm well in excess of five years, have also tried many different labor cases, and have all been **extensively trained on employment and wrongful termination law by Karl Gerber**. [Meet Karl Gerber](https://worklawyerca.com/karl-gerber/) ## Ready to Discuss Your Case? Your rights as an employee matter. Submit a contact form and we'll get back to you. Submit A Contact Form [Call (877) 525-0700 Now](tel:8775250700)