Navigating the legal aspects of employment can be complicated. This website provides an introduction of some essential employee rights and resources to help you understand your choices.
Understanding Your Employee Rights
As a staff member, you have certain legal defenses in place to make sure a fair and safe workplace. These rights cover various elements 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 exceeding a set variety of hours weekly (generally 40). Meal and rest breaks might likewise be compensated depending on your area and company.
Unwanted Sexual Advances: Sexual Harassment unfortunately continues to effect people of all genders and gender recognitions. The Employment Lawyers Group has actually tried and dealt with lots of cases for men and ladies involving undesirable sexual touching, sexual attack, sexual battery, quid professional quo unwanted sexual advances done by supervisors, managers, and company owner. These days many unwanted sexual advances cases also involve undesirable text messages and profane pictures sent out to cellular phones. Our work includes appeals concerning unwanted sexual advances and life altering settlements.
Discrimination and Harassment: Federal and state laws restrict discrimination based on race, color, religious beliefs, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, age (40 or older), or genetic details. This consists of protection from harassment of any kind.
Reasonable Accommodation: If you have a documented medical condition, your employer might be needed to provide affordable lodgings to allow you to perform your task tasks. Examples consist of flexible work schedules, modified devices, or accessible work spaces. However, most cases filed in court for companies declining to reasonably accommodate workers includes companies who fired an employee for not returning to work when they are out on an impairment, FMLA, or pregnancy leave. Allowing time off for an employee's medical condition and treatment are basic reasonable lodgings lots of companies do not appropriately manage.
Workplace Safety: Your company has a legal responsibility to offer a safe workplace devoid of acknowledged threats. This includes sticking to security policies and supplying appropriate training for employees.
Wrongful Termination: Wrongful termination is a whistle blower tort. If an employee complains about their company doing something unlawful and they are ended that might be wrongful termination. Retaliation leading to a task termination is wrongful termination if it happens due to the fact that the employee worked out statutory legal rights and was retaliated for working out those rights. Examples consist of due to the staff member filing a wage claim, declining unwanted sexual advances, reporting an employer to OSHA, internally complaining to management or declining to participate in unlawful activities, taking a lawfully safeguarded leave of lack for cancer, impairment, FMLA, or pregnancy. Firing a worker due to an immutable particular such as gender, race, or faith is also wrongful termination. Wrongful discharge IS NOT about unreasonable task terminations staff members do not agree with that do not involve among the above.
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If you are hurt or ended up being ill due to your work, worker's settlement benefits may be available to cover medical expenditures and lost incomes. However, worker's compensation is the special remedy for most workplace injuries, implying you normally can not sue your company straight.
There may be restricted exceptions where legal action against an employer is possible. Consulting with an employment legal representative is suggested to determine if your scenario falls under one of these exceptions, such as wrongful termination for filing a wage claim or serious work environment safety infractions.
Disclaimer: This web page supplies general details only and must not be construed as legal guidance. If you have particular questions or concerns about your employment rights, it's always best to seek advice from a qualified lawyer.
Employment Lawyers Group Case Results (Some)
$18,402,868 Jury verdict for male aesthetically bothered and subject to unrefined remarks by a female manager
$1,150,000 Unpaid commissions of 2 plaintiffs
$875,000 For 4 oil field service market employees whose times worked were not tape-recorded on timesheets and were on-call
$800,000 Controlled wait class action settlement
$800,000 For mis-classified independent specialists
$775,000 For little class action of workers not allowed meal breaks or mobile phone compensations while looking after dependent grownups
$750,000 Disability discrimination settlement for employee who had heart problems
$750,000 Sub-Minimum wage class action settlement
$675,000 Unwanted sexual advances in a storage facility
$672,500 For unwanted sexual advances 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 well employees
$490,000 For sex and age discrimination of females
$465,000 Sexual harassment at a gasoline station
$460,000 Unpaid hours of work for security officers & PAGA Violations
$450,000 Settlement for 2 on-call employees
$450,000 Paystub violations
$450,000 Being on regulated standby
$430,000 Settlement in 2024 dollars for a Los Angeles storage facility employee required to violate her medical limitations 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 employees
$365,000 Vasquez v. Del Rio Sanitarium Pregnancy Discrimination Case - Following Jury Trial & Appeal
$365,000 Sexual harassment of a shipment chauffeur
$365,000 After accused lost their appeal - pregnancy case - Jury Trial
$360,000 For missed out on meal and rest breaks, and overtime for 3 staff members, and PAGA charges for less than 25
$350,000 To 2 staff members in getaway rental organization working off-the-clock overtime
$350,000 Due to fixed bonus pay not figured into overtime for a directional driller
$350,000 For regulated standby and overtime for one worker
$350,000 Nurse mis-classified as independent contractor 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 vacation rental business who worked off-the-clock, on-call & PAGA
$350,000 For dominating wage and paystub itemizations
$315,000 Sexual harassment of a lesbian woman by straight man
$315,000 Unwanted sexual advances of a pizza delivery driver
$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 healthcare facility
$302,000 Controlled standby spend for 2 telecommunication employees in a health center
$300,000 Verdict of punitive damages in wrongful termination case due to staff member's rejection to work without rest breaks
$300,000 Post trial decision for wrongful termination settlement and small rest break offenses
$300,000 Multiple Worker Claims for Unpaid Wages for Oil Gauge and Calibration Inspectors on Docked Coastal Vessels
$275,000 Unpaid minimum wage, overtime double and double time due to on call work for 2 service technicians at a radio/television station
$270,000 Sexual harassment & work termination
$260,000 For regulated 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 service technician on-call and small PAGA group
$250,000 For whistle-blower about overdue overtime
$246,000 Breach of fiduciary responsibility 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 kitchen employees sexually bugged
$225,000 Sexual harassment by store clients
$206,151 Larson v. VXI Same Sex Sexual Harassment
$205,000 Unpaid earnings, overtime, labor code area 2699 charges- arbitration award for multiple plaintiffs
$205,000 For numerous complainants
$200,000 For on-call work, retaliation, forced to stop security officer
$200,000 For dominating wage and FMLA infractions
$200,000 For PAGA offenses and sexual harassment
$200,000 Race Discrimination towards Latinos
$200,000 Acts of unwanted sexual advances by CEO
$200,000 For a worker fired due to medical issues & problems of discrimination
$200,000 For a sales lady in her 60s, age discrimination
$195,000 For Whistle Blower
$193,500 Sexual Harassment by a signed up sex transgressor
$193,250 Unwanted sexual advances by a sex culprit
$190,000 Unwanted sexual advances in the medical coding market
$190,000 Unwanted sexual advances without a task termination
$185,857 Jewish legal representative victimized due to religious beliefs
$185,000 For employment unwanted sexual advances of a woman 35 years older than the harasser
$182,500 Fired during cancer treatment
$180,000 Cancer discrimination and termination due to recovery from cancer
$180,000 Controlled standby pay claims of oil field service employee
$180,000 Controlled standby pay
$175,000 Unwanted sexual advances claim
$175,000 PAGA settlement due to missed out on meal and rest breaks in a hotel's kitchens
$175,000 Failure to pay base pay
$175,000 Unpaid overtime of 2 limo drivers of a little business
$175,000 Minor issues 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 an automobile dealership supervisor denied baby bonding and CFRA Leave
$162,500 Failure to pay commissions, retaliation when went to Labor Board
$162,000 Sexual harassment at a homeowner's Association
$160,000 For 3 oil field staff members denied meal breaks, worked off-the-clock
$160,000 Unwanted sexual advances by supervisors of vehicle lot
$160,000 Auto car dealership unwanted sexual advances by text message
$155,000 Whistle blower at construction site
$153,000 Camarillo woman demeaned due to her Christianity
$150,000 Unwanted sexual advances to two cooking area employees at a resort
$150,000 Race harassment at an oil refinery
$150,000 Wrongful termination of social employee reporting patient abuse
$150,000 Mental impairment & 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 nursing home who blew whistle
$150,000 Job Termination of salesperson with cancer
$150,000 Settlement for failure to renew 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 restaurant employee
$150,000 Sexual harassment by a supervisor of an adult daycare program
$150,000 Job not held open throughout cancer treatment
$150,000 CNA grumbled about rats
$150,000 Forced to stop due to sexual harassment
$145,000 Settlement for a workplace manager whose Northridge employer would not allow her to take leave from work due to pregnancy
$140,000 Off-the-clock work, breach of agreement to pay hourly 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 restore after FMLA
$135,000 Aerospace executive whistle blower
$130,000 Employee fired for declining to falsify records in lawsuit
$127,500 Illegally required medical examination negatively impacting a disabled worker
$127,500 Wrongfully ended motorist who complained his truck was risky
$127,450 Improper inquiry about medical abilities
$125,450 Retail sales manager ended after grumbling about national origin harassment by coworker
$125,000 Minor unwanted sexual advances
$125,000 Sexual harassment at a fast food dining establishment
$125,000 Unwanted sexual advances of a drug counselor
$125,000 Pregnancy discrimination case & wrongful termination -
$125,000 Wrongful termination
$125,000 Wrongful termination & small labor code infractions
$125,000 Breach of contract, overdue wages in the web industry
$125,000 For staff member who gave up after being misclassified and not receiving overtime.
$125,000 Pregnancy discrimination & termination
$125,000 Non-payment of salaries to CEO
$125,000 Age discrimination throughout layoff
$125,000 High tech employer stopped paying the agreed to sum
$120,000 Unpaid incomes for tow truck drivers
$120,000 Sexually bothered maintenance supervisor by another male
$120,000 Insurance expert ended for taking California Family Care Leave (FMLA)
$120,000 Racial Discrimination of a storage facility employee
$120,000 Male on male unwanted sexual advances Unpaid salaries, 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 worker in binding arbitration
$117,500 Pregnancy discrimination & termination ($24,000 loss of revenues)
$115,616 Signal Hill Hindu made enjoyable of due to his religious beliefs
$115,000 Pregnancy discrimination & termination of customer support worker
$115,000 Sexual harassment of car saleswoman small overdue commissions
$115,000 Unwanted sexual advances of car saleswoman & minor unsettled commissions
$112,023 Wrongful termination of social employee during trial
$110,000 (small lost salaries) Cancer discrimination & employment termination
$109,500 Unpaid prevailing incomes for 2 workers of a little company
$107,500 Wrongfully ended 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 desired to turn her straight
$105,000 Overtime due computer system expert
$105,000 Fired After Depression Leave
$103,145 Refusal to accommodate pregnant warehouse worker
$102,500 Family Care Leave Act violations & termination ($20,000 loss of incomes)
$102,500 Unwanted sexual advances of a janitor
$102,500 Sexual harassment of a waitress (no termination included)
$101,500 Sexual harassment of a janitor
$100,850 Sexual harassment by restaurant 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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