“Eman at Yazdchi Law was extremely professional, responsive, and supportive at all times. He and his staff exceeded all of my expectations.”
Andrea Dalessandro
✦ Board-Certified Specialist in Workers’ Compensation Law — State Bar of California ✦
Your employer cannot punish you for getting hurt. If they did, we’ll make them pay.
By Eman Yazdchi, Esq. · Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation Law
Filing a workers' compensation claim is your legal right. If your employer fires you, demotes you, cuts your hours, or takes any adverse action against you because you filed a claim or said you intended to, that is retaliation — and it is illegal under California Labor Code section 132a. In Oxnard, where industries like agriculture and food processing employ large workforces that may feel vulnerable to employer pressure, retaliation is a persistent and serious problem. Yazdchi Law P.C. fights back against it.
The reality in Oxnard is that many workers — particularly farmworkers on the Oxnard Plain and line workers at food processing plants — fear that reporting a workplace injury will cost them their job. That fear is not unfounded. Some agricultural employers in Ventura County have a documented pattern of discouraging claims, reassigning workers who file, or simply not rehiring seasonal workers who have made workers' comp claims in the past. This behavior is precisely what Labor Code section 132a is designed to prevent. The statute provides for reinstatement, back pay, increased compensation of up to $10,000, and costs and expenses for workers who prove retaliation.
Attorney Eman Yazdchi is a Board-Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation Law, certified by the State Bar of California. We handle 132a retaliation claims as a core part of our practice because we see them so frequently in Oxnard. When a strawberry picker is told not to come back to work after filing a claim for a back injury, that is retaliation. When a food processing employee is moved to a worse shift or stripped of overtime after reporting a repetitive motion injury, that is retaliation. When a construction worker is laid off within days of filing a claim, that is retaliation — and the timing alone can be powerful evidence.
Our firm serves clients in English, Spanish, and Farsi. We know that Spanish-speaking workers in Oxnard's agricultural sector are disproportionately targeted for retaliation because employers assume they will not seek legal help. We exist to prove that assumption wrong.
You pay nothing unless we win. We pursue your retaliation claim on a contingency fee basis, and Labor Code section 132a allows for recovery of costs and attorney fees on top of the benefits you are owed.
Retaliation claims are litigated at the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, and in Ventura County, that means the Oxnard WCAB — located right here in the city. We file 132a petitions at this board regularly and understand the evidentiary standards the local judges apply. Proving retaliation requires demonstrating a causal connection between your workers' comp claim activity and your employer's adverse action. We build that case through employment records, witness statements, timeline analysis, and documentation of the employer's treatment of similarly situated employees who did not file claims.
Our presence in the Oxnard community means we understand the local employment dynamics. We know which industries have higher rates of retaliation complaints, and we know how to gather the evidence needed to hold those employers accountable.
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Tap to call →We begin by documenting the timeline: when you were injured, when you filed your claim, and when the adverse action occurred. Proximity in time between your claim activity and the employer's action is one of the strongest pieces of circumstantial evidence in a retaliation case. We then gather supporting evidence — personnel records, witness statements from coworkers, and any communications from your employer that reveal retaliatory intent. We file your 132a petition with the Oxnard WCAB and pursue a hearing before a workers' compensation judge. If we prevail, the remedies include reinstatement to your former position, back pay for lost wages, increased compensation up to $10,000, and reimbursement of your costs and attorney fees. For Oxnard workers who have been punished for exercising their legal rights, this process is not just about recovering money — it is about sending a message to employers that retaliation will not be tolerated in this community.
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