Navigating the legal elements of employment can be intricate. This website provides a summary of some vital worker rights and resources to help you comprehend your options.

Understanding Your Employee Rights

As an employee, you have specific legal protections in place to guarantee a reasonable and safe workplace. These rights cover numerous elements of your employment, consisting of:

Wage and Hour Lawyer: You are entitled to be paid base pay for all hours worked, and overtime pay for surpassing a set variety of hours weekly (typically 40). Meal and rest breaks may likewise be compensated depending upon your place and employer. Unwanted Sexual Advances: Unwanted sexual advances regrettably continues to effect people of all genders and gender recognitions. The Employment Lawyers Group has tried and managed numerous cases for males and females including unwanted sexual touching, sexual assault, sexual battery, quid pro quo unwanted sexual advances done by managers, managers, and company owners. These days many unwanted sexual advances cases also involve unwanted text messages and profane photos sent to cellphones. Our work consists of appeals worrying sexual harassment and life changing settlements. Discrimination and Harassment: Federal and state laws forbid discrimination based upon race, color, religious beliefs, sex (consisting of pregnancy), nationwide origin, disability, age (40 or older), or hereditary information. This includes security from harassment of any kind. Reasonable Accommodation: If you have a documented medical condition, your company may be needed to offer sensible lodgings to allow you to perform your task tasks. Examples include flexible work schedules, customized equipment, or available work areas. However, many cases filed in court for employers refusing to reasonably accommodate workers includes employers who fired a worker for not coming back 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 fundamental affordable lodgings lots of employers do not correctly handle. Workplace Safety: Your company has a legal duty to provide a safe work environment totally free from recognized hazards. This includes adhering to safety policies and providing appropriate training for employment employees. Wrongful Termination: Wrongful termination is a blower tort. If an employee complains about their employer doing something unlawful and they are ended that might be wrongful termination. Retaliation resulting in a job termination is wrongful termination if it occurs because the employee worked out statutory legal rights and was retaliated for exercising those rights. Examples include task terminations due to the employee filing a wage claim, refusing sexual harassment, reporting a company to OSHA, internally grumbling to management or declining to participate in unlawful activities, taking a lawfully secured leave of absence for cancer, impairment, FMLA, or pregnancy. Firing an employee due to an immutable particular such as gender, race, or religion is also wrongful termination. Wrongful discharge IS NOT about unreasonable task terminations staff members do not concur with that do not include one of the above.

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Employment Lawyer For Workers Compensation

If you are hurt or ended up being ill due to your work, employee's compensation advantages might be readily available to cover medical expenses and lost wages. However, employee's compensation is the special remedy for most workplace injuries, indicating you typically can not sue your employer directly.

There might be restricted exceptions where legal action versus a company is possible. Consulting with an employment attorney is advised to identify if your scenario falls under one of these exceptions, such as wrongful termination for filing a wage claim or serious work environment security offenses.

Disclaimer: This web page supplies general details only and ought to not be construed as legal guidance. If you have particular concerns or concerns about your employment rights, it's constantly best to talk to a qualified attorney.

Employment Lawyers Group Case Results (Some)

$18,402,868 Jury decision for male aesthetically bugged and based on crude remarks by a female manager

$1,150,000 Unpaid commissions of 2 plaintiffs

$875,000 For 4 oil field service industry 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 enabled meal breaks or mobile phone reimbursements while looking after reliant adults

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

$750,000 Sub-Minimum wage class action settlement

$675,000 Sexual harassment 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 well workers

$490,000 For sex and age discrimination of ladies

$465,000 Unwanted sexual advances at a gasoline station

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

$450,000 Settlement for 2 on-call workers

$450,000 Paystub infractions

$450,000 Being on controlled standby

$430,000 Settlement in 2024 dollars for a Los Angeles storage facility worker forced to violate her medical restrictions enforced by pregnancy

$400,000 Recovery following arbitration win for 4 staff members 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 staff members

$365,000 Vasquez v. Del Rio Sanitarium Pregnancy Discrimination Case - Following Jury Trial & Appeal

$365,000 Unwanted sexual advances of a shipment 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 trip rental business working off-the-clock overtime

$350,000 Due to repaired bonus pay not figured into overtime for a directional driller

$350,000 For controlled 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 perks were not computed 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 dominating wage and paystub itemizations

$315,000 Unwanted sexual advances of a lesbian female by straight guy

$315,000 Unwanted sexual advances of a pizza delivery 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 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 verdict for wrongful termination settlement and minor 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 2 technicians at a radio/television station

$270,000 Unwanted sexual advances & work termination

$260,000 For controlled wait pay

$260,000 For unwanted sexual advances in a supermarket

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

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

$250,000 For whistle-blower about unsettled overtime

$246,000 Breach of fiduciary responsibility arbitration award involving impairment 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 two cooking area employees sexually bugged

$225,000 Sexual harassment by store clients

$206,151 Larson v. VXI Same Sex Sexual Harassment

$205,000 Unpaid wages, overtime, labor code section 2699 charges- arbitration award for numerous complainants

$205,000 For multiple plaintiffs

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

$200,000 For dominating wage and FMLA offenses

$200,000 For PAGA infractions and unwanted sexual advances

$200,000 Race Discrimination towards Latinos

$200,000 Acts of unwanted sexual advances by CEO

$200,000 For an employee fired due to medical issues & problems 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 transgressor

$193,250 Unwanted sexual advances by a sex wrongdoer

$190,000 Unwanted sexual advances in the medical coding market

$190,000 Unwanted sexual advances without a task termination

$185,857 Jewish attorney victimized due to faith

$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 employee

$180,000 Controlled standby pay

$175,000 Sexual harassment lawsuit

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

$175,000 Failure to pay minimum wage

$175,000 Unpaid overtime of 2 limousine drivers of a little business

$175,000 Minor issues of pregnancy discrimination in quick food restaurant, absence of rest breaks

$175,000 Wrongful Termination of Financial Whistleblower

$175,000 PAGA settlement resort staff 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 dealer supervisor denied 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 staff members denied meal breaks, worked off-the-clock

$160,000 Unwanted sexual advances by managers of cars and truck lot

$160,000 Auto car dealership sexual harassment by text

$155,000 Whistle blower at building and construction website

$153,000 Camarillo lady demeaned due to her Christianity

$150,000 Unwanted sexual advances to 2 cooking area workers 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 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 Unwanted sexual advances of an eight-teen years of age restaurant 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 an office manager whose Northridge company would not permit her to depart 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 renew after FMLA

$135,000 Aerospace executive whistle blower

$130,000 Employee fired for refusing to falsify records in lawsuit

$127,500 Illegally required medical exam negatively impacting a handicapped worker

$127,500 Wrongfully terminated chauffeur who grumbled his truck was hazardous

$127,450 Improper questions about medical capabilities

$125,450 Retail sales supervisor terminated after complaining about national origin harassment by colleague

$125,000 Minor unwanted sexual advances

$125,000 Unwanted sexual advances at a fast 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 & small labor code violations

$125,000 Breach of contract, unpaid wages in the web industry

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

$125,000 Pregnancy discrimination & termination

$125,000 Non-payment of earnings to CEO

$125,000 Age discrimination during layoff

$125,000 High tech company stopped paying the concurred to sum

$120,000 Unpaid salaries for tow truck chauffeurs

$120,000 Sexually pestered maintenance manager 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 sexual harassment Unpaid incomes, 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 incomes)

$115,616 Signal Hill Hindu made fun of due to his religion

$115,000 Pregnancy discrimination & termination of customer service worker

$115,000 Sexual harassment of automobile saleswoman small unsettled commissions

$115,000 Sexual harassment of automobile saleswoman & small overdue commissions

$112,023 Wrongful termination of social worker throughout trial

$110,000 (minor lost earnings) Cancer discrimination & employment termination

$109,500 Unpaid prevailing wages for 2 staff members of a small business

$107,500 Wrongfully terminated security supervisor who let his subordinates understand they had rights to meal breaks

$105,500 Sexual harassment of a lesbian aerospace worker by a man who wished 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 worker

$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 involved)

$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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