Navigating the legal aspects of employment can be complex. This website offers an overview of some important employee rights and resources to assist you understand your alternatives.
Understanding Your Employee Rights
As a staff member, you have specific legal securities in location to ensure a reasonable and safe work environment. These rights cover different aspects of your employment, consisting of:
Wage and Hour Lawyer: You are entitled to be paid minimum wage for all hours worked, and overtime spend for going beyond a set number of hours per week (typically 40). Meal and rest breaks might also be compensated depending upon your area and company.
Unwanted Sexual Advances: Sexual Harassment regrettably continues to effect individuals of all genders and gender recognitions. The Employment Lawyers Group has tried and managed many cases for males and females including undesirable sexual touching, sexual attack, sexual battery, quid professional quo unwanted sexual advances done by managers, managers, and company owner. Nowadays many sexual harassment cases likewise involve unwanted text and profane pictures sent to cellular phones. Our work includes appeals concerning unwanted sexual advances and life changing settlements.
Discrimination and Harassment: Federal and state laws prohibit discrimination based upon race, color, faith, sex (including pregnancy), nationwide origin, disability, age (40 or older), or genetic details. This includes protection from harassment of any kind.
Reasonable Accommodation: If you have a recorded medical condition, your company might be required to supply affordable accommodations to permit you to perform your job responsibilities. Examples consist of versatile work schedules, customized equipment, or accessible workspaces. However, a lot of cases submitted in court for employers refusing to fairly accommodate workers includes companies who fired a staff member for not coming back to work when they are out on a disability, FMLA, or pregnancy leave. Allowing time off for a staff member's medical condition and treatment are basic sensible lodgings lots of companies do not correctly manage.
Workplace Safety: Your company has a legal responsibility to provide a safe workplace totally free from recognized dangers. This consists of sticking to security guidelines and supplying proper training for staff members.
Wrongful Termination: Wrongful termination is a whistle blower tort. If a worker complains about their company doing something unlawful and they are ended that may be wrongful termination. Retaliation leading to a job termination is wrongful termination if it happens due to the fact that the worker worked out statutory legal rights and was struck back for working out those rights. Examples include job terminations due to the worker filing a wage claim, declining unwanted sexual advances, reporting a company to OSHA, internally grumbling to management or declining to participate in prohibited activities, taking a legally safeguarded leave of absence for cancer, disability, FMLA, or pregnancy. Firing an employee due to an immutable particular such as gender, race, or faith is also wrongful termination. Wrongful discharge IS NOT about unjust task terminations employees do not concur with that do not include one of the above.
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If you are injured or become ill due to your work, employee's settlement benefits may be readily available to cover medical expenditures and lost earnings. However, employee's settlement is the special remedy for the majority of workplace injuries, indicating you generally can not sue your employer straight.
There may be restricted exceptions where legal action versus an employer is possible. Consulting with an employment attorney is suggested to figure out if your situation falls under among these exceptions, such as wrongful termination for submitting a wage claim or serious work environment safety violations.
Disclaimer: This webpage offers general info only and should not be interpreted as legal recommendations. If you have particular questions or concerns about your work rights, it's always best to seek advice from with a qualified attorney.
Employment Lawyers Group Case Results (Some)
$18,402,868 Jury verdict for male visually pestered and subject to unrefined remarks by a female supervisor
$1,150,000 Unpaid commissions of two complainants
$875,000 For 4 oil field service market workers whose times worked were not tape-recorded on timesheets and were on-call
$800,000 Controlled stand employment by class action settlement
$800,000 For mis-classified independent specialists
$775,000 For little class action of workers not allowed meal breaks or cell phone reimbursements while caring for dependent adults
$750,000 Disability discrimination settlement for staff member who had heart problems
$750,000 Sub-Minimum wage class action settlement
$675,000 Unwanted sexual advances in a storage facility
$672,500 For sexual harassment at a truck stop
$539,584 Myles v. Wellpoint Termination of Employment Due to Disability and Workers Compensation Injury
$510,000 Class action settlement of 125 workers on overtime claims
$500,000 Unpaid days of work to 4 oil rig workers
$490,000 For sex and age discrimination of ladies
$465,000 Sexual harassment at a filling station
$460,000 Unpaid hours of work for security officers & PAGA Violations
$450,000 Settlement for employment 2 on-call workers
$450,000 Paystub violations
$450,000 Being on regulated standby
$430,000 Settlement in 2024 dollars for a Los Angeles warehouse employee forced to violate her medical constraints imposed by pregnancy
$400,000 Recovery following arbitration win for 4 employees who sweated off the clock
$400,000 Following arbitration win for meal & rest breaks for 3 employees
$400,000 Off-the-clock work for 5 staff members
$365,000 Vasquez v. Del Rio Sanitarium Pregnancy Discrimination Case - Following Jury Trial & Appeal
$365,000 Sexual harassment of a delivery chauffeur
$365,000 After defendant lost their appeal - pregnancy case - Jury Trial
$360,000 For missed meal and rest breaks, and overtime for 3 staff members, and PAGA charges for less than 25
$350,000 To 2 staff members in vacation rental company working off-the-clock overtime
$350,000 Due to fixed perk pay not figured into overtime for employment a directional driller
$350,000 For regulated standby and employment overtime for one staff member
$350,000 Nurse mis-classified as independent professional who was on-call
$350,000 For directional driller whose fixed rate bonuses were not computed into his overtime rate
$350,000 For 2 staff members in the trip rental service who worked off-the-clock, on-call & PAGA
$350,000 For dominating wage and paystub itemizations
$315,000 Unwanted sexual advances of a lesbian lady by straight guy
$315,000 Sexual harassment of a pizza shipment chauffeur
$307,345 For 2 health center workers oncall
$305,000 Wrongful termination of 2 sales individuals
$305,000 For 2 IT difficulty shooters oncall at a significant medical facility
$302,000 Controlled standby pay for 2 telecommunication employees in a medical facility
$300,000 Verdict of punitive damages in wrongful termination case due to worker's rejection to work without rest breaks
$300,000 Post trial verdict for wrongful termination settlement and small rest break infractions
$300,000 Multiple Worker Claims for Unpaid Wages for Oil Gauge and Calibration Inspectors on Docked Coastal Vessels
$275,000 Unpaid base pay, overtime double and double time due to on call work for 2 specialists at a radio/television station
$270,000 Sexual harassment & work termination
$260,000 For controlled stand by pay
$260,000 For unwanted sexual advances in a supermarket
$250,000 For 2 oil field service technicians not paid overtime
$250,000 For radiology professional on-call and small PAGA group
$250,000 For whistle-blower about overdue overtime
$246,000 Breach of fiduciary duty arbitration award involving impairment discrimination
$232,000 Male on male sexual harassment won at a binding arbitration
$225,000 Unwanted sexual advances of a Waitress (No Termination Involved)
$225,000 For two cooking area employees sexually harassed
$225,000 Sexual harassment by shop clients
$206,151 Larson v. VXI Same Sex Unwanted Sexual Advances
$205,000 Unpaid incomes, overtime, labor code area 2699 penalties- arbitration award for several plaintiffs
$205,000 For several plaintiffs
$200,000 For on-call work, retaliation, forced to quit security officer
$200,000 For prevailing wage and FMLA offenses
$200,000 For PAGA violations and sexual harassment
$200,000 Race Discrimination towards Latinos
$200,000 Acts of sexual harassment by CEO
$200,000 For a worker fired due to medical concerns & complaints of discrimination
$200,000 For a sales woman in her 60s, age discrimination
$195,000 For Whistle Blower
$193,500 Sexual Harassment by a signed up sex offender
$193,250 Unwanted sexual advances by a sex transgressor
$190,000 Sexual Harassment in the medical coding market
$190,000 Sexual harassment without a task termination
$185,857 Jewish lawyer victimized due to religious beliefs
$185,000 For unwanted sexual advances of a woman 35 years older than the harasser
$182,500 Fired throughout cancer treatment
$180,000 Cancer discrimination and termination due to recovery from cancer
$180,000 Controlled standby pay claims of oil field service staff member
$180,000 Controlled standby pay
$175,000 Sexual harassment claim
$175,000 PAGA settlement due to missed meal and rest breaks in a hotel's kitchen areas
$175,000 Failure to pay base pay
$175,000 Unpaid overtime of 2 limo motorists of a little company
$175,000 Minor problems of pregnancy discrimination in quick food dining establishment, absence of rest breaks
$175,000 Wrongful Termination of Financial Whistleblower
$175,000 PAGA settlement resort personnel who worked off-the-clock
$174,250 Missed meal and rest breaks
$170,000 Off the clock work by nonexempt administrator at non-profit
$166,250 Racial harassment at a huge box store
$165,000 Wrongful termination and whistleblower
$165,000 For employment a cars and truck dealership supervisor rejected child bonding and CFRA Leave
$162,500 Failure to pay commissions, retaliation when went to Labor Board
$162,000 Unwanted sexual advances at a home owner's Association
$160,000 For 3 oil field workers denied meal breaks, worked off-the-clock
$160,000 Unwanted sexual advances by managers of cars and truck lot
$160,000 Auto dealership unwanted sexual advances by text message
$155,000 Whistle blower at construction site
$153,000 Camarillo female demeaned due to her Christianity
$150,000 Unwanted sexual advances to two cooking area workers at a resort
$150,000 Race harassment at an oil refinery
$150,000 Wrongful termination of social worker reporting client abuse
$150,000 Mental special needs & termination of CFO
$150,000 Cancer discrimination & wrongful termination of waitress
$150,000 Disability discrimination & termination
$150,000 Wrongful termination of C.N.A. in assisted living center who blew whistle
$150,000 Job Termination of salesperson with cancer
$150,000 Settlement for failure to reinstate after maternity leave
$150,000 Cancer discrimination & termination of waitress Wrongful Termination of Site Manager
$150,000 Sexual harassment of an eight-teen year old dining establishment employee
$150,000 Unwanted sexual advances by a manager of an adult day care program
$150,000 Job not held open throughout cancer treatment
$150,000 CNA grumbled about rats
$150,000 Forced to stop due to unwanted sexual advances
$145,000 Settlement for a workplace supervisor whose Northridge company would not allow her to depart from work due to pregnancy
$140,000 Off-the-clock work, breach of agreement to pay per hour wage to nurse
$140,000 Not Accommodated and Fired for Mental Disability Leave
$137,930 Robinson v. Mantra - Binding Arbitration Award in a Pregnancy Discriminations
$137,500 Failure to reinstate after FMLA
$135,000 Aerospace executive whistle blower
$130,000 Employee fired for declining to falsify records in suit
$127,500 Illegally needed medical checkup negatively impacting a disabled worker
$127,500 Wrongfully ended motorist who grumbled his truck was unsafe
$127,450 Improper query about medical capabilities
$125,450 Retail sales supervisor ended after complaining about nationwide origin harassment by colleague
$125,000 Minor sexual harassment
$125,000 Sexual harassment at a junk food restaurant
$125,000 Unwanted sexual advances of a drug therapist
$125,000 Pregnancy discrimination case & wrongful termination -
$125,000 Wrongful termination
$125,000 Wrongful termination & minor labor code violations
$125,000 Breach of agreement, overdue earnings in the web market
$125,000 For staff member who stopped after being misclassified and not receiving overtime.
$125,000 Pregnancy discrimination & termination
$125,000 Non-payment of incomes to CEO
$125,000 Age discrimination throughout layoff
$125,000 High tech employer stopped paying the accepted sum
$120,000 Unpaid earnings for motorists
$120,000 Sexually harassed maintenance manager by another male
$120,000 Insurance expert terminated for taking California Family Care Leave (FMLA)
$120,000 Racial Discrimination of a warehouse employee
$120,000 Male on male sexual harassment Unpaid earnings, overtime, labor code area 2699 penalties- arbitration award of over
$120,000 For race discrimination
$117,702 Disability discrimination, FMLA, and termination of $10.00 an hour employee in binding arbitration
$117,500 Pregnancy discrimination & termination ($24,000 loss of revenues)
$115,616 Signal Hill Hindu made fun of due to his faith
$115,000 Pregnancy discrimination & termination of customer care worker
$115,000 Unwanted sexual advances of car saleswoman small overdue commissions
$115,000 Sexual harassment of automobile saleswoman & minor overdue commissions
$112,023 Wrongful termination of social worker throughout trial
$110,000 (small lost salaries) Cancer discrimination & employment termination
$109,500 Unpaid prevailing wages for 2 employees of a little company
$107,500 Wrongfully terminated security supervisor who let his subordinates understand they had rights to meal breaks
$105,500 Unwanted sexual advances of a lesbian aerospace employee by a guy who wished to turn her straight
$105,000 Overtime due computer expert
$105,000 Fired After Depression Leave
$103,145 Refusal to accommodate pregnant storage facility employee
$102,500 Family Care Leave Act infractions & termination ($20,000 loss of earnings)
$102,500 Unwanted sexual advances of a janitor
$102,500 Sexual harassment of a waitress (no termination involved)
$101,500 Sexual harassment of a janitor
$100,850 Unwanted sexual advances by dining establishment supervisor
$100,000 Termination of Mechanic's Employment in Violation of California Family Rights Act (California FMLA)
$100,000 Wrongful termination of ambulance chauffeur who blew the whistle
$100,000 Fired Due to Age of FMLA Leave
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