Navigating the legal elements of employment can be intricate. This web page supplies an overview of some essential staff member rights and resources to assist you comprehend your options.

Understanding Your Employee Rights

As a staff member, you have particular legal defenses 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 base pay for all hours worked, and overtime pay for surpassing a set number of hours per week (normally 40). Meal and rest breaks might also be compensated depending upon your place and employer. Sexual Harassment: Sexual Harassment regrettably continues to effect individuals of all genders and gender identifications. The Employment Lawyers Group has tried and handled numerous cases for males and females involving undesirable sexual touching, sexual attack, sexual battery, quid pro quo sexual harassment done by supervisors, supervisors, and entrepreneur. Nowadays lots of sexual harassment cases likewise include unwanted text messages and obscene pictures sent out to mobile phones. Our work consists of appeals concerning sexual harassment and life changing settlements. Discrimination and Harassment: Federal and state laws restrict discrimination based upon race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), nationwide origin, special needs, age (40 or older), or hereditary information. This consists of security from harassment of any kind. Reasonable Accommodation: If you have a recorded medical condition, your company might be required to offer sensible accommodations to permit you to perform your job duties. Examples include versatile work schedules, modified devices, or available work areas. However, the majority of cases filed in court for employers declining to reasonably accommodate workers includes employers who fired a staff member for not coming back 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 essential sensible accommodations many companies do not effectively manage. Workplace Safety: Your employer has a legal duty to offer a safe work environment totally free from acknowledged threats. This consists of sticking to security policies and providing appropriate training for workers. Wrongful Termination: Wrongful termination is a whistle blower tort. If a staff member complains about their company doing something illegal and they are ended that might be wrongful termination. Retaliation resulting in a task termination is wrongful termination if it happens due to the fact that the staff member worked out statutory legal rights and was retaliated for working out those rights. Examples consist of task terminations due to the employee submitting a wage claim, declining sexual harassment, reporting an employer to OSHA, job internally complaining to management or refusing to participate in prohibited activities, taking a lawfully protected leave of absence for cancer, special needs, FMLA, or pregnancy. Firing a staff member due to an immutable characteristic such as gender, race, or religious beliefs is likewise wrongful termination. Wrongful discharge IS NOT about unreasonable job terminations employees do not agree with that do not involve among 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 payment advantages might be readily available to cover medical expenditures and lost wages. However, worker's compensation is the unique treatment for many workplace injuries, indicating you normally can not sue your company directly.

There may be limited exceptions where legal action versus a company is possible. Consulting with an employment lawyer is recommended to figure out if your scenario falls under one of these exceptions, such as wrongful termination for submitting a wage claim or serious work environment safety infractions.

Disclaimer: This website provides basic information only and ought to not be construed as legal guidance. If you have particular questions or issues about your work rights, it's constantly best to speak with a certified attorney.

Employment Lawyers Group Case Results (Some)

$18,402,868 Jury verdict for male aesthetically bothered and subject to crude remarks by a female manager

$1,150,000 Unpaid commissions of two complainants

$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 stand by class action settlement

$800,000 For mis-classified independent specialists

$775,000 For little class action of workers not permitted meal breaks or cellular phone repayments while caring for dependent grownups

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

$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 women

$465,000 Sexual harassment at a gasoline station

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

$450,000 Settlement for 2 on-call workers

$450,000 Paystub violations

$450,000 Being on regulated standby

$430,000 Settlement in 2024 for a Los Angeles storage facility employee 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 employees

$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 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 workers, and PAGA penalties for less than 25

$350,000 To 2 employees in holiday rental organization working off-the-clock overtime

$350,000 Due to fixed reward 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 contractor who was on-call

$350,000 For directional driller whose set rate benefits were not computed into his overtime rate

$350,000 For 2 staff members in the trip 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 female by straight guy

$315,000 Sexual harassment of a pizza shipment motorist

$307,345 For 2 health center workers oncall

$305,000 Wrongful termination of 2 sales individuals

$305,000 For 2 IT problem shooters oncall at a major health center

$302,000 Controlled standby spend for two telecommunication employees in a health center

$300,000 Verdict of compensatory damages in wrongful termination case due to worker's rejection to work without rest breaks

$300,000 Post trial decision for wrongful termination settlement and minor rest break violations

$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 two specialists at a radio/television station

$270,000 Sexual harassment & 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 little PAGA group

$250,000 For whistle-blower about unsettled overtime

$246,000 Breach of fiduciary task arbitration award involving impairment discrimination

$232,000 Male on male unwanted sexual advances won at a binding arbitration

$225,000 Unwanted sexual advances of a Waitress (No Termination Involved)

$225,000 For two cooking area workers sexually bothered

$225,000 Sexual harassment by store customers

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

$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 give up security officer

$200,000 For prevailing wage and FMLA offenses

$200,000 For PAGA violations 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 & grievances of discrimination

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

$195,000 For Whistle Blower

$193,500 Unwanted sexual advances by a registered sex wrongdoer

$193,250 Unwanted sexual advances by a sex wrongdoer

$190,000 Sexual Harassment in the medical coding industry

$190,000 Sexual harassment without a task termination

$185,857 Jewish legal representative victimized due to religious beliefs

$185,000 For sexual harassment of a woman 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 employee

$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 kitchens

$175,000 Failure to pay base pay

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

$175,000 Minor issues of pregnancy discrimination in junk food restaurant, lack 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 big box shop

$165,000 Wrongful termination and whistleblower

$165,000 For a cars and truck dealer manager denied infant bonding and CFRA Leave

$162,500 Failure to pay commissions, retaliation when went to Labor Board

$162,000 Unwanted sexual advances at a homeowner's Association

$160,000 For 3 oil field employees rejected meal breaks, worked off-the-clock

$160,000 Unwanted sexual advances by managers of automobile lot

$160,000 Auto dealership sexual harassment by text message

$155,000 Whistle blower at building and construction website

$153,000 Camarillo woman 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 employee 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 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 year old restaurant employee

$150,000 Sexual harassment by a supervisor of an adult day care program

$150,000 Job not held open during cancer treatment

$150,000 CNA complained about rats

$150,000 Forced to give up due to unwanted sexual advances

$145,000 Settlement for a workplace supervisor whose Northridge company would not allow 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 reinstate after FMLA

$135,000 Aerospace executive whistle blower

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

$127,500 Illegally needed medical exam negatively impacting a handicapped employee

$127,500 Wrongfully ended driver who grumbled his truck was risky

$127,450 Improper query about medical abilities

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

$125,000 Minor sexual harassment

$125,000 Unwanted sexual advances at a junk food dining establishment

$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 agreement, unsettled earnings in the web industry

$125,000 For employee who stopped 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 company stopped paying the consented to sum

$120,000 Unpaid earnings for tow truck motorists

$120,000 Sexually bugged upkeep manager by another male

$120,000 Insurance expert ended for taking California Family Care Leave (FMLA)

$120,000 Racial Discrimination of a storage facility worker

$120,000 Male on male sexual harassment Unpaid wages, 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 worker in binding arbitration

$117,500 Pregnancy discrimination & termination ($24,000 loss of incomes)

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

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

$115,000 Sexual harassment of vehicle saleswoman minor unsettled commissions

$115,000 Unwanted sexual advances of vehicle saleswoman & minor overdue commissions

$112,023 Wrongful termination of social employee during trial

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

$109,500 Unpaid prevailing incomes for 2 workers of a small company

$107,500 Wrongfully ended security manager who let his subordinates know they had rights to meal breaks

$105,500 Sexual harassment of a lesbian aerospace worker by a man who desired to turn her straight

$105,000 Overtime due computer professional

$105,000 Fired After Depression Leave

$103,145 Refusal to accommodate pregnant warehouse employee

$102,500 Family Care Leave Act infractions & termination ($20,000 loss of incomes)

$102,500 Unwanted sexual advances of a janitor

$102,500 Unwanted sexual advances of a waitress (no termination involved)

$101,500 Sexual harassment 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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