Employment Law

• Do you wonder if your termination violated the law? 
• Do you think you were fired “wrongfully”? 
• Do you want to know why your unemployment insurance benefits were denied by the North Carolina Employment Security Commission (“ESC”)?

Anna Westmoreland has years of experience in representing employees in protecting their rights in North Carolina.  She conducts several in-person and telephone appeals hearings in front of the ESC per month.  If your employer appeals an initial determination by the ESC, it is your obligation to prove that you are entitled to your benefits.  If the ESC denied your benefits initially, you must appeal in order to have a second chance to secure the benefits that you deserve.

Employers have vast rights in our “right-to-work” State, and it can be difficult to know what actions constitute a “wrongful” termination.  Many employers offer courses on how not to become a statistic of the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”).  Classes like this are intended to protect management and to teach ways to avoid liability for the company.  Discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation complaints to the EEOC are increasing annually, and employers are prepared. You should be prepared too. 

Anna regularly represent clients in matters of employment law, including wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, severance contracts, and unemployment insurance benefits (including “TRA”). 

Losing your employment is a serious matter.  There are many challenges in employment law and most employers protect the company, not the worker.  Westmoreland Legal advises and consults with each client to make the decision that is best for him or her, and to represent each client’s position effectively and in a way that is most advantageous, usually at a fixed cost. 

Call us at 704-334-1221 today for your confidential attorney consultation.