Navigating the legal aspects of employment can be complicated. This website provides an overview of some important employee rights and resources to assist you understand your options.

Understanding Your Employee Rights

As a staff member, you have particular legal protections in place to guarantee a reasonable and safe workplace. These rights cover different elements of your work, consisting of:

Wage and Hour Lawyer: You are entitled to be paid minimum wage for all hours worked, and overtime spend for surpassing a set number of hours per week (usually 40). Meal and rest breaks might likewise be compensated depending upon your place and employer. Unwanted Sexual Advances: Sexual Harassment unfortunately continues to effect individuals of all genders and gender recognitions. The Employment Lawyers Group has actually tried and employment handled many cases for males and females including unwanted sexual touching, sexual assault, sexual battery, quid pro quo sexual harassment done by managers, supervisors, and company owners. Nowadays many unwanted sexual advances cases likewise involve undesirable text and obscene photos sent out to cellular phones. Our work includes appeals concerning unwanted sexual advances and life changing settlements. Discrimination and Harassment: Federal and employment state laws forbid discrimination based upon race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, special needs, age (40 or older), or hereditary information. This consists of from harassment of any kind. Reasonable Accommodation: If you have a documented medical condition, your employer might be required to offer sensible lodgings to enable you to perform your job responsibilities. Examples include flexible work schedules, modified equipment, or available work spaces. However, most cases filed in court for companies refusing to fairly accommodate employees includes employers who fired a worker for not returning to work when they are out on a disability, FMLA, or pregnancy leave. Allowing time off for a worker's medical condition and treatment are fundamental reasonable accommodations many companies do not effectively manage. Workplace Safety: Your employer has a legal responsibility to provide a safe work environment devoid of acknowledged dangers. This consists of adhering to safety guidelines and supplying proper training for workers. Wrongful Termination: Wrongful termination is a whistle blower tort. If a staff member grumbles about their company doing something illegal and they are terminated that might be wrongful termination. Retaliation leading to a job termination is wrongful termination if it happens because the employee worked out statutory legal rights and was retaliated for working out those rights. Examples include task terminations due to the worker filing a wage claim, refusing sexual harassment, reporting an employer to OSHA, internally complaining to management or declining to take part in unlawful activities, taking a lawfully secured leave of lack for cancer, special needs, FMLA, or pregnancy. Firing an employee due to an immutable characteristic such as gender, race, or religious beliefs is likewise wrongful termination. Wrongful discharge IS NOT about unfair job terminations employees do not agree with that do not include one of the above.

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Employment Lawyer For Workers Compensation

If you are injured or become ill due to your work, employee's compensation advantages might be available to cover medical costs and lost earnings. However, worker's compensation is the exclusive remedy for most workplace injuries, suggesting you generally can not sue your employer straight.

There may be restricted exceptions where legal action against an employer is possible. Consulting with an employment attorney is advised to figure out if your situation falls under among these exceptions, such as wrongful termination for filing a wage claim or serious office security offenses.

Disclaimer: This website provides basic details only and should not be construed as legal suggestions. If you have specific concerns or concerns about your employment rights, it's constantly best to speak with a qualified lawyer.

Employment Lawyers Group Case Results (Some)

$18,402,868 Jury decision for male visually bothered and subject to crude remarks by a female supervisor

$1,150,000 Unpaid commissions of two plaintiffs

$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 by class action settlement

$800,000 For mis-classified independent specialists

$775,000 For small class action of staff members not allowed meal breaks or cell phone repayments while caring for reliant grownups

$750,000 Disability discrimination settlement for employee who had heart issues

$750,000 Sub-Minimum wage class action settlement

$675,000 Sexual harassment 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 rig workers

$490,000 For sex and age discrimination of females

$465,000 Unwanted sexual advances at a filling station

$460,000 Unpaid hours of work for gatekeeper & PAGA Violations

$450,000 Settlement for 2 on-call employees

$450,000 Paystub offenses

$450,000 Being on controlled standby

$430,000 Settlement in 2024 dollars for a Los Angeles storage facility employee required to break her medical limitations enforced by pregnancy

$400,000 Recovery following arbitration win for 4 workers who sweated off the clock

$400,000 Following arbitration win for meal & rest breaks for 3 staff members

$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 Unwanted sexual advances of a delivery chauffeur

$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 staff members, and PAGA penalties for less than 25

$350,000 To 2 staff members in vacation rental company working off-the-clock overtime

$350,000 Due to fixed benefit pay not figured into overtime for a directional driller

$350,000 For regulated standby and overtime for one employee

$350,000 Nurse mis-classified as independent specialist who was on-call

$350,000 For directional driller whose fixed rate bonuses were not determined into his overtime rate

$350,000 For 2 workers in the vacation rental service who worked off-the-clock, on-call & PAGA

$350,000 For prevailing wage and paystub itemizations

$315,000 Unwanted sexual advances of a lesbian woman by straight male

$315,000 Sexual harassment of a pizza delivery motorist

$307,345 For 2 medical facility employees oncall

$305,000 Wrongful termination of 2 sales individuals

$305,000 For 2 IT difficulty shooters oncall at a major healthcare facility

$302,000 Controlled standby pay for two telecommunication workers in a hospital

$300,000 Verdict of compensatory damages in wrongful termination case due to employee'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 employment 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 service technicians at a radio/television station

$270,000 Unwanted sexual advances & employment termination

$260,000 For regulated stand by pay

$260,000 For unwanted sexual advances in a grocery store

$250,000 For 2 oil field service specialists not paid overtime

$250,000 For radiology technician on-call and small PAGA group

$250,000 For whistle-blower about overdue overtime

$246,000 Breach of fiduciary task arbitration award involving disability 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 2 kitchen area employees sexually pestered

$225,000 Sexual harassment 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 numerous complainants

$205,000 For employment multiple plaintiffs

$200,000 For on-call work, retaliation, forced to give up gatekeeper

$200,000 For prevailing wage and FMLA infractions

$200,000 For PAGA offenses and unwanted sexual advances

$200,000 Race Discrimination towards Latinos

$200,000 Acts of sexual harassment by CEO

$200,000 For a worker fired due to medical problems & problems of discrimination

$200,000 For a sales woman in her 60s, employment age discrimination

$195,000 For Whistle Blower

$193,500 Unwanted sexual advances by a signed up sex culprit

$193,250 Sexual harassment by a sex transgressor

$190,000 Sexual Harassment in the medical coding market

$190,000 Sexual harassment without a job termination

$185,857 Jewish attorney discriminated versus due to religion

$185,000 For sexual harassment 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 suit

$175,000 PAGA settlement due to missed meal and rest breaks in a hotel's kitchens

$175,000 Failure to pay base pay

$175,000 Unpaid overtime of 2 limo motorists of a small business

$175,000 Minor problems of pregnancy discrimination in junk food restaurant, 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 a vehicle dealership manager denied infant 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 employees rejected meal breaks, worked off-the-clock

$160,000 Sexual harassment by managers of vehicle lot

$160,000 Auto dealership unwanted sexual advances by text

$155,000 Whistle blower at building and construction site

$153,000 Camarillo lady demeaned due to her Christianity

$150,000 Sexual harassment to two kitchen 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 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 nursing home 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 Unwanted sexual advances of an eight-teen years of age dining establishment employee

$150,000 Unwanted sexual advances by a manager of an adult daycare program

$150,000 Job not held open throughout cancer treatment

$150,000 CNA complained about rats

$150,000 Forced to stop due to sexual harassment

$145,000 Settlement for a workplace supervisor whose Northridge company would not permit her to take leave 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 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 checkup negatively impacting a handicapped worker

$127,500 Wrongfully terminated motorist who complained his truck was hazardous

$127,450 Improper inquiry about medical abilities

$125,450 Retail sales manager terminated after grumbling about nationwide origin harassment by coworker

$125,000 Minor sexual harassment

$125,000 Sexual harassment at a quick food dining establishment

$125,000 Sexual harassment of a drug therapist

$125,000 Pregnancy discrimination case & wrongful termination -

$125,000 Wrongful termination

$125,000 Wrongful termination & minor labor code offenses

$125,000 Breach of agreement, unpaid incomes in the web market

$125,000 For employee who stopped after being misclassified and not getting overtime.

$125,000 Pregnancy discrimination & termination

$125,000 Non-payment of wages to CEO

$125,000 Age discrimination during layoff

$125,000 High tech employer stopped paying the consented to sum

$120,000 Unpaid salaries for tow truck drivers

$120,000 Sexually bugged upkeep manager by another male

$120,000 Insurance professional terminated for taking California Family Care Leave (FMLA)

$120,000 Racial Discrimination of a storage facility worker

$120,000 Male on male sexual harassment Unpaid earnings, overtime, labor code section 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 incomes)

$115,616 Signal Hill Hindu teased due to his faith

$115,000 Pregnancy discrimination & termination of client service employee

$115,000 Sexual harassment of vehicle saleswoman small overdue commissions

$115,000 Unwanted sexual advances of car saleswoman & minor unpaid commissions

$112,023 Wrongful termination of social employee throughout trial

$110,000 (small lost incomes) Cancer discrimination & work termination

$109,500 Unpaid dominating salaries for 2 workers of a small company

$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 employee by a man 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 violations & termination ($20,000 loss of profits)

$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 restaurant manager

$100,000 Termination of Mechanic's Employment in Violation of California Family Rights Act (California FMLA)

$100,000 Wrongful termination of ambulance motorist who blew the whistle

$100,000 Fired Due to Age of FMLA Leave

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