When Should An Employee Should Find A Lawyer?

It's a wise little voice, that knows there is something amiss about what you're experiencing at work .. mostly because it just doesn't feel right.

Remember we do have employee rights which we share and have some vague ideas although possibly incorrect ideas about what the do entail.

But it's always providing proper proof that turns a contention into a fact.

The least worrisome form of liability as far as your employer may be concerned, is the type that usually doesn't involve the need for them to pay a lawyer.

So, whether you're dealing with harassment, discrimination, a workplace injury, safety conditions, trouble getting paid correctly including overtime pay, FMLA and personal health or an off the job injury .. the first course of action taken by many employers is to seek a way to eliminate you before you gather proof.

If it seems you are being treated unfairly, as an irritating inconvenience or an outright liability, listening to that little voice to get the help you need while you still have a job .. often forces employers to seek out legal advice themselves. They don't like it, but they know it's a wise thing to do because there's much more at stake.

This might help explain why it's hard to find a lawyer for unemployment if you're the employee .. too little money .. too much checking for conflict of client interests.

But still, I partner with LegalMatch, a free lawyer referral service to those still in the thick of an employment problem and so those that make it to Unemployment-tips.com can compare the cost of an unemployment lawyer, with a non-attorney unemployment rep.

LegalMatch sends the info you provide to four attorneys in your local area and then they choose whether to contact you or not.

Non-attorney reps for unemployment hearings will generally, have way more experience in that tiny little world of administrative hearings.

It's the way most states have forced their unemployment program to work.

However when it comes to unemployment .. the only ones that have really taken advantage of the way unemployment works with regard to representation .. is unemployment cost control.

It's not enough for many mindless business entities to eliminate the threat of an employee by calling upon an employment attorney to devise a strategy to eliminate you and the threat of liability you pose.

Nope, even the small peanuts liability of unemployment benefits is too much. So they often use unemployment claims management firms to control the cost of an unemployment claims liability and therefore, the overall cost of doing business.

So what is the takeaway lesson that employers can teach those with a typical employee mentality, but still concerned about how to keep their job?

Strike while a problem is hot and ongoing.

Employees should find a lawyer when they feel threatened by job loss for reason that seem out of their control.

The concept is simple .. fight fire with fire or go down in flames. I think they may call this setting backfires to control the spread of an all out forest fire.

At the very least you should get a lesson about the importance of documenting so you can more easily get the compensation of unemployment when/if you do have to depart your job .. as even the unemployment department wants to see proof .. in writing.

Learn to think offense .. not defense.

And always Find a lawyer when you hear yourself telling you it's time.



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