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Do-It-Yourself: sample letters, toolkits, and guides

Legal Aid at Work offers free information online, including the following sample letters, toolkits, and guides You can also learn about your workplace rights during a variety of free trainings that we offer at the offices of partner organizations and in consulates and other venues across California.

Sample Letters: how to communicate with your employer



Letter: Final Payment of Wages

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Letter: Final Payment of Wages

Sample Letter Health and Safety Complaint

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Letter: Reporting Sexual Harassment to Your Employer

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Letter: Reporting Continued Sexual Harassment or Retaliation to Your Employer

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Letter: Resigning From Your Job

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Request for Paid Sick Leave

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Novel Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) Paid Sick Leave Request

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Sample Sexual Harassment Log Form: Document the Harassment

Form: Document the Harassment

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A sample letter from your health care provider regarding pregnancy or childbirth-related disability leave under California law. 





Letter: Health Care Provider Support of Pregnancy Leave

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Letter: Supporting Disability Leave

A guide for a letter from your health care provider regarding disability leave under California law. 

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Letter: Employment References

A guide for notifying an employer about your rights when listing him/her as a job reference for future employment.

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Letter requesting personnel file and other employment records

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Letter: Vision Accommodation for Workers who are Blind or Visually Impaired

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Letter: Transfer Accommodation

A guide for requesting reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) for transfer to a vacant position.

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Letter: Accommodation for Physical Space

A guide for requesting reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) for changes in your physical environment, or removing physical access barriers in your workplace.

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Letter: Accommodation for Modified Schedule

A guide to requesting reasonable accommodation for schedule modifications under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA).

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Letter: Accommodation for Modified Policy

A guide to requesting reasonable accommodation for policy modifications in the workplace under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA).

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Letter: Accommodation for Leaves of Absence

A guide to requesting reasonable accommodation for leaves of absence under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA).

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Letter: Accommodation for Job Restructuring

A guide to requesting reasonable accommodation for job restructuring (reassigning or reorganizing tasks) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA).

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Letter: Accommodation for Communication Access for Workers Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

A guide for requesting reasonable accommodation for communication access for workers who are deaf or hard of hearing under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). 

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Letter: Accommodation for Equipment

A guide to requesting reasonable accommodation for compatible ergonomic or other equipment in the workplace under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). 

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Letter: Request for Pregnancy Accommodation

A guide to requesting reasonable accommodation for lactation in the workplace under California and federal law.

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Letter: Request for Pregnancy Accommodation

A guide to requesting reasonable accommodation for a condition related to pregnancy under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA).

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Letter: Termination after Updating Social Security Number

Guide for requesting reasonable accommodation for adjusting supervisory methods under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA).

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Letter: English-only Policy

You may wish to use the sample letter on the next page if you work in California and your employer makes you speak only English at work. This is commonly referred to as an “English- only” policy.

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Letter: Accommodation for Supervisory Method

You may wish to use the sample letter on the next page if you are a worker in California who completed the I-9 form when you were hired, you have complained about a violation of your workplace rights, and your employer has now asked you to provide more or different documents to re-verify your eligibility to work in the United States.

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Toolkits: for employment rights and Title IX rights in California

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General Toolkit: Surviver's Guide to Workplace Rights

A guide to requesting leaves of absence, workplace safety accommodations, and other employment protections for California survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, military sexual trauma, or stalking.

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Toolkit: Workplace Sexual Harassment Prevention

If you are experiencing workplace sexual harassment, you are not alone. This toolkit provides an
explanation of what the law is, what your rights are, steps you can take to advocate for yourself,
and a list of attorneys and organizations who provide free or low-cost legal help.

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Toolkit: Healthy Mothers Workplace Coalition toolkit for employees and employers on the benefits of family-friendly workplace polices.

This document includes sample policies, formal letters for employees to submit, checklists for employers and employees, and other resources.

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Toolkit: Fair Play Act Compliance

This Toolkit is designed to increase awareness of the Fair Play Act among departments and improve understanding about the law’s requirements. The Toolkit also contains ideas for park and recreation departments on how to expand girls’ participation in an effort to help departments comply with the Fair Play Act.

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Toolkit: California Fair Chance Toolkit for Job Seekers with Criminal Records

This toolkit is a quick yet comprehensive reference guide for formerly incarcerated persons, probation and parole officers, social workers, healthcare providers, workforce development providers, and others supporting job seekers with records in obtaining employment. 

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Healthcare Provider Toolkit: Assisting Patients with Requests for Workplace Accommodations or Leaves Of Absence

This toolkit is designed to assist patients with requests for workplace accommodations or leaves of absence

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