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Were You Treated Unfairly While on the Job?
Morgan & Morgan's employment attorneys submit one of the most employment litigation cases in the country, including those involving wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage theft, employee misclassification, disparagement, retaliation, denial of leave, and executive pay disputes.
The office must be a safe place. Unfortunately, some employees undergo unfair and prohibited conditions by dishonest companies. Workers might not know what their rights in the office are, or might be scared of speaking out against their company in worry of retaliation. These labor offenses can cause lost incomes and benefits, missed out on opportunities for advancement, and unnecessary tension.
Unfair and prejudiced labor practices against workers can take many kinds, consisting of wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, rejection to offer an affordable lodging, rejection of leave, employer retaliation, employment and wage and hour violations. Workers who are victim to these and other unethical practices might not know their rights, or might be scared to speak up against their employer for fear of retaliation.
At Morgan & Morgan, our employment lawyers handle a variety of civil litigation cases involving unjust labor practices against workers. Our lawyers possess the knowledge, commitment, and experience required to represent workers in a wide variety of labor conflicts. In fact, Morgan & Morgan has actually been recognized for filing more labor and work cases than any other firm.
If you think you may have been the victim of unjust or prohibited treatment in the workplace, call us by finishing our complimentary case evaluation kind.
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What Does Labor Law and Employment Law Cover?
Our practice represents people who have actually been the victim of:
Wrongful Termination.
Discrimination (e.g., sex, race, color, harassment, nationwide origin, faith, age, and impairment).
Harassment (e.g., Unwanted sexual advances, Hostile Work Environment).
Unfair Labor Practices (e.g., denial of salaries, overtime, pointer pooling, and equivalent pay).
Misclassification.
Retaliation.
Denial of Leave (e.g. Family and Medical Leave Act).
Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).
Americans with Disability Act declares.
Executive Pay Disputes.
What Constitutes Wrongful Termination?
Sometimes employees are let go for factors that are unreasonable or illegal. This is called wrongful termination, wrongful discharge, or wrongful dismissal.
There are numerous situations that might be grounds for a wrongful termination lawsuit, including:
Firing a worker out of retaliation.
Discrimination.
Firing a whistleblower.
Firing an employee who will not do something illegal for their employer.
If you think you may have been fired without appropriate cause, our labor and employment lawyers might have the ability to help you recover back pay, unsettled incomes, and other kinds of payment.
What Are the Most Common Forms of Workplace Discrimination?
It is prohibited to discriminate versus a job candidate or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or age. However, some employers do just that, leading to a hostile and inequitable workplace where some employees are dealt with more positively than others.
Workplace discrimination can take many kinds. Some examples consist of:
Refusing to hire somebody on the basis of their skin color.
Passing over a certified female worker for a promotion in favor of a male employee with less experience.
Not providing equal training chances for staff members of different religious backgrounds.
Imposing job eligibility requirements that deliberately screens out people with specials needs.
Firing somebody based upon a safeguarded category.
What Are Some Examples of Workplace Harassment?
When workers go through slurs, assaults, risks, ridicule, offending jokes, unwelcome sexual advances, or spoken or physical conduct of a sexual nature, it can be thought about workplace harassment. Similar to workplace discrimination, workplace harassment creates a hostile and violent work environment.
Examples of work environment harassment include:
Making unwelcome remarks about a worker's look or body.
Telling a vulgar or sexual joke to a coworker.
Using slurs or racial epithets.
Making prejudicial statements about a worker's sexual preference.
Making unfavorable comments about an employee's religions.
Making prejudicial statements about a worker's birthplace or family heritage.
Making negative remarks or jokes about the age of a staff member over the age of 40.
Workplace harassment can likewise take the type of quid professional quo harassment. This implies that the harassment results in an intangible modification in a staff member's employment status. For instance, a worker might be forced to tolerate unwanted sexual advances from a manager as a condition of their continued employment.
Which Industries Have the Most Overtime and Minimum Wage Violations?
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) established specific workers' rights, including the right to a minimum wage (set federally at $7.25 since 2020) and overtime spend for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek for non-exempt employees.
However, some companies try to cut expenses by rejecting employees their rightful pay through deceitful techniques. This is called wage theft, and employment consists of examples such as:
Paying a worker less than the federal base pay.
Giving a worker "comp time" or hours that can be used towards getaway or sick time, rather than overtime spend for hours worked over 40 in a work week.
Forcing tipped workers to pool their pointers with non-tipped employees, such as managers or cooks.
Forcing employees to spend for tools of the trade or other expenses that their employer need to pay.
Misclassifying a worker that needs to be paid overtime as "exempt" by promoting them to a "supervisory" position without really changing the employee's job responsibilities.
A few of the most susceptible professions to overtime and minimum wage violations consist of:
IT workers.
Service technicians.
Installers.
Sales representatives.
Nurses and healthcare employees.
Tipped employees.
Oil and gas field .
Call center workers.
Personal lenders, home loan brokers, and AMLs.
Retail workers.
Strippers.
FedEx drivers.
Disaster relief workers.
Pizza delivery motorists.
What Is Employee Misclassification?
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