Law Offices of Fred G. Quiel & Associates - Long Beach, CA

Championing Employee Rights and Labor Unions in Long Beach

Established in 1995, the Law Offices of Fred G. Quiel and Associates has dedicated three decades to defending workers and organized labor throughout Southern California. Situated at 100 Oceangate in the heart of downtown Long Beach, founding attorney Frederick Gustav Quiel built the firm on an uncompromising commitment to workplace fairness, civil rights, and economic justice. The firm represents individual employees in both the private and public sectors, as well as municipal, county, school district, and public safety employee unions.

Workplace misconduct and unlawful job termination jeopardize an individual's livelihood, financial security, and emotional well-being. Whether you need to hire an employment lawyer after an unexpected discharge or find an attorney in Long Beach to recover unpaid overtime, the firm combines deep statutory knowledge with assertive courtroom litigation to achieve swift, favorable outcomes.

Comprehensive Employment and Worker Rights Advocacy

California provides some of the strongest statutory protections for workers in the country, yet corporate employers regularly violate employee rights. The firm delivers strategic legal counsel across a wide spectrum of employment disputes:

• Wrongful termination: Challenging unlawful firings stemming from discrimination, retaliation, protected medical leave, or resistance to illegal corporate practices.
• Wage and hour violations: Recovering unpaid minimum wages, earned overtime, off-the-clock labor compensation, meal and rest break penalties, and misclassification claims.
• Workplace discrimination: Holding employers accountable for adverse treatment based on race, gender, pregnancy, disability, age, religion, or sexual orientation under California statutes.
• Sexual harassment and hostile work environment: Protecting victims of unwanted sexual conduct, intimidation, quid pro quo demands, and severe workplace harassment.
• Whistleblower retaliation: Defending employees penalized or discharged for reporting workplace safety hazards, financial fraud, or violations of public policy.

Public Sector and Labor Union Representation

Beyond individual employee litigation, the firm serves as trusted general counsel to public and private sector labor unions throughout Southern California:

• Collective bargaining negotiations: Assisting labor organizations with memorandum of understanding negotiations, contract language drafting, and compensation re-openers.
• Disciplinary appeals and grievances: Defending union members in internal personnel hearings, civil service commissions, grievance proceedings, and binding arbitration.
• Unfair labor practice proceedings: Prosecuting bad faith bargaining, unilateral employer policy changes, and union animus before the California Public Employment Relations Board and in state and federal courts.

Why Clients Trust the Law Offices of Fred G. Quiel and Associates

• Three decades of legal experience: Practicing California labor and employment law continuously since 1995.
• Public sector authority: Extensive track record representing municipal employee associations, university trade councils, and public safety personnel.
• Aggressive and efficient resolution: Identifying decisive legal issues rapidly to resolve disputes in the shortest possible timeframe.
• Complimentary case evaluation: Providing no-cost initial consultations to review workplace grievances and outline viable legal options.