Legal Question in Employment Law in California

Yes.

Yes. All employment in California is presumed to be at will unless otherwise agreed. They can lay you off for any reason, or no reason at all, except they cannot based any adverse employment action on the fact that you are a member of a protected class or on some other unlawful reason such as retaliation for your filing a complaint of discrimination with HR.

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Please note that all legal actions are subject to time limits (deadlines), sometimes called statutes of limitation, which require potential parties to file their claims by specific dates. If those deadlines are missed, all related claims will be barred forever. Therefore, if you want to preserve any legal rights you might have, please contact another attorney as soon as possible.

If you believe that you have been the victim of discrimination, harassment, or some other wrongful treatment in the workplace, you should immediately contact the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) or the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), or both. These are two important agencies that have placed certain time limitations on lawsuits/claims such as yours. If you are seeking to take any action to prosecute an employment-related claim and enforce or protect your rights under the law, you should contact another attorney immediately.