Navigating the legal elements of work can be complex. This web page offers an overview of some necessary staff member rights and resources to assist you comprehend your options.
Understanding Your Employee Rights
As an employee, you have certain legal protections in location to ensure a reasonable and safe work environment. These rights cover various aspects of your employment, consisting of:
Wage and Hour Lawyer: You are entitled to be paid minimum wage for all hours worked, employment and overtime pay for surpassing a set variety of hours each week (generally 40). Meal and rest breaks may likewise be compensated depending on your area and employer.
Sexual Harassment: Unwanted sexual advances regrettably continues to effect people of all genders and gender identifications. The Employment Lawyers Group has tried and managed numerous cases for men and women including unwanted sexual touching, employment sexual attack, sexual battery, quid pro quo unwanted sexual advances done by managers, managers, and employment company owner. Nowadays numerous sexual harassment cases likewise include undesirable text messages and profane pictures sent out to mobile phones. Our work includes appeals worrying unwanted sexual advances and life changing settlements.
Discrimination and Harassment: Federal and state laws forbid discrimination based upon race, color, faith, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, impairment, age (40 or older), or hereditary information. This includes protection from harassment of any kind.
Reasonable Accommodation: If you have a recorded medical condition, your company may be required to supply affordable lodgings to permit you to perform your job duties. Examples include versatile work schedules, customized equipment, or available workspaces. However, the majority of cases filed in court for companies refusing to reasonably accommodate employees includes companies who fired a worker for not returning to work when they are out on an impairment, FMLA, or pregnancy leave. Allowing time off for a staff member's medical condition and treatment are basic sensible accommodations many employers do not effectively handle.
Workplace Safety: Your company has a legal responsibility to provide a safe work environment devoid of recognized hazards. This consists of adhering to safety guidelines and supplying proper training for employees.
Wrongful Termination: Wrongful termination is a whistle blower tort. If an employee complains about their employer doing something illegal and they are ended that might be wrongful termination. Retaliation leading to a job termination is wrongful termination if it takes place due to the fact that the worker exercised statutory legal rights and was struck back for exercising those rights. Examples consist of task terminations due to the staff member submitting a wage claim, declining unwanted sexual advances, reporting an employer to OSHA, internally grumbling to management or declining to participate in illegal activities, taking a lawfully secured leave of lack for cancer, special needs, FMLA, or pregnancy. Firing an employee due to an immutable particular such as gender, race, or religious beliefs is also wrongful termination. Wrongful discharge IS NOT about unreasonable job terminations employees do not agree with that do not include one of the above.
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If you are injured or ended up being ill due to your work, worker's settlement benefits may be offered to cover medical expenses and lost earnings. However, employee's payment is the unique remedy for many workplace injuries, suggesting you usually can not sue your company straight.
There might be restricted exceptions where legal action against a company is possible. Consulting with an employment attorney is recommended to figure out if your situation falls under one of these exceptions, such as wrongful termination for submitting a wage claim or serious workplace safety infractions.
Disclaimer: This webpage provides general information only and should not be construed as legal guidance. If you have specific questions or issues about your work rights, it's constantly best to speak with a qualified attorney.
Employment Lawyers Group Case Results (Some)
$18,402,868 Jury decision for male aesthetically pestered and based on crude remarks by a female supervisor
$1,150,000 Unpaid commissions of 2 complainants
$875,000 For 4 oil field service market workers whose times worked were not recorded on timesheets and were on-call
$800,000 Controlled stand by class action settlement
$800,000 For mis-classified independent professionals
$775,000 For little class action of employees not allowed meal breaks or cell phone reimbursements while looking after dependent adults
$750,000 Disability discrimination settlement for worker who had heart issues
$750,000 Sub-Minimum wage class action settlement
$675,000 Unwanted sexual advances in a warehouse
$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 well workers
$490,000 For sex and age discrimination of females
$465,000 Sexual harassment at a gasoline station
$460,000 Unpaid hours of work for employment security officers & PAGA Violations
$450,000 Settlement for 2 on-call employees
$450,000 Paystub infractions
$450,000 Being on regulated standby
$430,000 Settlement in 2024 dollars for a Los Angeles storage facility worker forced to break her medical constraints enforced 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 workers
$400,000 Off-the-clock work for 5 workers
$365,000 Vasquez v. Del Rio Sanitarium Pregnancy Discrimination Case - Following Jury Trial & Appeal
$365,000 Unwanted sexual advances of a shipment driver
$365,000 After offender lost their appeal - pregnancy case - Jury Trial
$360,000 For missed out on meal and rest breaks, and overtime for 3 employees, and PAGA charges for less than 25
$350,000 To 2 employees in holiday rental business working off-the-clock overtime
$350,000 Due to repaired bonus offer pay not figured into overtime for a directional driller
$350,000 For controlled standby and overtime for one worker
$350,000 Nurse mis-classified as independent specialist who was on-call
$350,000 For directional driller whose fixed rate rewards were not determined into his overtime rate
$350,000 For 2 employees in the holiday rental company who worked off-the-clock, on-call & PAGA
$350,000 For dominating wage and paystub itemizations
$315,000 Sexual harassment of a lesbian lady by straight man
$315,000 Sexual harassment of a pizza delivery chauffeur
$307,345 For 2 medical facility employees oncall
$305,000 Wrongful termination of 2 sales people
$305,000 For 2 IT difficulty shooters oncall at a major medical facility
$302,000 Controlled standby pay for two telecommunication employees in a healthcare facility
$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 verdict for wrongful termination settlement and employment 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 minimum wage, overtime double and double time due to on call work for two technicians at a radio/television station
$270,000 Sexual harassment & work termination
$260,000 For regulated wait pay
$260,000 For unwanted sexual advances in a grocery store
$250,000 For 2 oil field service technicians not paid overtime
$250,000 For radiology professional on-call and little PAGA group
$250,000 For whistle-blower about overdue overtime
$246,000 Breach of fiduciary duty arbitration award including special needs discrimination
$232,000 Male on male unwanted sexual advances won at a binding arbitration
$225,000 Sexual Harassment of a Waitress (No Termination Involved)
$225,000 For 2 kitchen area workers sexually harassed
$225,000 Unwanted sexual advances by shop customers
$206,151 Larson v. VXI Same Sex Sexual Harassment
$205,000 Unpaid salaries, overtime, labor code area 2699 penalties- arbitration award for multiple plaintiffs
$205,000 For employment multiple plaintiffs
$200,000 For on-call work, retaliation, required to stop gatekeeper
$200,000 For dominating wage and FMLA violations
$200,000 For PAGA infractions 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 issues & grievances of discrimination
$200,000 For a sales female in her 60s, age discrimination
$195,000 For Whistle Blower
$193,500 Sexual Harassment by a signed up sex wrongdoer
$193,250 Sexual harassment by a sex offender
$190,000 Sexual Harassment in the medical coding market
$190,000 Sexual harassment without a task termination
$185,857 Jewish attorney victimized due to religion
$185,000 For unwanted sexual advances of a lady 35 years older than the harasser
$182,500 Fired during cancer treatment
$180,000 Cancer discrimination and termination due to healing from cancer
$180,000 Controlled standby pay claims of oil field service worker
$180,000 Controlled standby pay
$175,000 Unwanted sexual advances lawsuit
$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 limousine motorists of a small company
$175,000 Minor problems of pregnancy discrimination in junk food restaurant, lack 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 employment at non-profit
$166,250 Racial harassment at a huge box shop
$165,000 Wrongful termination and whistleblower
$165,000 For a cars and truck dealer manager rejected baby bonding and CFRA Leave
$162,500 Failure to pay commissions, retaliation when went to Labor Board
$162,000 Sexual harassment at a home owner's Association
$160,000 For 3 oil field staff members denied meal breaks, worked off-the-clock
$160,000 Sexual harassment by managers of vehicle lot
$160,000 Auto 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 2 kitchen area workers at a resort
$150,000 Race harassment at an oil refinery
$150,000 Wrongful termination of social worker reporting patient 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 sales representative 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 Unwanted sexual advances of an eight-teen years of age restaurant employee
$150,000 Unwanted sexual advances by a manager of an adult day care program
$150,000 Job not held open during cancer treatment
$150,000 CNA grumbled about rats
$150,000 Forced to quit due to unwanted sexual advances
$145,000 Settlement for a workplace manager whose Northridge employer would not permit her to depart from work due to pregnancy
$140,000 Off-the-clock work, breach of contract 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 required medical checkup negatively impacting a handicapped staff member
$127,500 Wrongfully ended motorist who grumbled his truck was unsafe
$127,450 Improper query about medical capabilities
$125,450 Retail sales manager terminated after complaining about nationwide origin harassment by coworker
$125,000 Minor sexual harassment
$125,000 Sexual harassment at a quick food restaurant
$125,000 Unwanted sexual advances of a drug counselor
$125,000 Pregnancy discrimination case & wrongful termination -
$125,000 Wrongful termination
$125,000 Wrongful termination & minor labor code violations
$125,000 Breach of agreement, unpaid wages in the web market
$125,000 For worker who stopped after being misclassified and not receiving overtime.
$125,000 Pregnancy discrimination & termination
$125,000 Non-payment of earnings to CEO
$125,000 Age discrimination during layoff
$125,000 High tech employer stopped paying the concurred to sum
$120,000 Unpaid earnings for tow truck motorists
$120,000 Sexually bugged maintenance supervisor by another male
$120,000 Insurance professional ended for taking California Family Care Leave (FMLA)
$120,000 Racial Discrimination of a warehouse employee
$120,000 Male on male unwanted sexual advances Unpaid salaries, overtime, labor code area 2699 charges- arbitration award of over
$120,000 For race discrimination
$117,702 Disability discrimination, FMLA, and termination of $10.00 an hour staff member in binding arbitration
$117,500 Pregnancy discrimination & termination ($24,000 loss of incomes)
$115,616 Signal Hill Hindu made fun of due to his religion
$115,000 Pregnancy discrimination & termination of client service employee
$115,000 Unwanted sexual advances of cars and truck saleswoman small overdue commissions
$115,000 Sexual harassment of automobile saleswoman & small overdue commissions
$112,023 Wrongful termination of social worker during trial
$110,000 (minor lost salaries) Cancer discrimination & employment termination
$109,500 Unpaid prevailing incomes for 2 staff members of a small business
$107,500 Wrongfully terminated security supervisor who let his subordinates know they had rights to meal breaks
$105,500 Sexual harassment of a lesbian aerospace worker by a guy who desired to turn her straight
$105,000 Overtime due computer system professional
$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 included)
$101,500 Unwanted sexual advances 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 driver who blew the whistle
$100,000 Fired Due to Age of FMLA Leave
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