Navigating the legal aspects of employment can be complicated. This web page provides an introduction of some necessary worker rights and resources to help you comprehend your options.

Understanding Your Employee Rights

As a staff member, you have certain legal defenses in location to ensure a reasonable and safe workplace. These rights cover different elements of your employment, consisting of:

Wage and Hour Lawyer: You are entitled to be paid base pay for all hours worked, and overtime spend for exceeding a set number of hours per week (generally 40). Meal and rest breaks may likewise be compensated depending on your area and company. Sexual Harassment: Unwanted sexual advances regrettably continues to effect people of all genders and gender identifications. The Employment Lawyers Group has attempted and handled lots of cases for guys and females including unwanted sexual touching, sexual attack, sexual battery, quid professional quo sexual harassment done by managers, supervisors, and company owner. Nowadays lots of unwanted sexual advances cases also involve unwanted text and profane photos sent to cellular phones. Our work includes appeals worrying unwanted sexual advances and life changing settlements. Discrimination and Harassment: Federal and state laws prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religious beliefs, sex (consisting of pregnancy), national origin, special needs, age (40 or older), or genetic details. This includes defense from harassment of any kind. Reasonable Accommodation: If you have a documented medical condition, your employer might be needed to provide affordable accommodations to permit you to perform your job duties. Examples consist of flexible work schedules, modified devices, or accessible work spaces. However, most cases submitted in court for employers declining to reasonably accommodate staff members includes employers who fired an employee for not coming back to work when they are out on a disability, FMLA, or pregnancy leave. Allowing time off for a staff member’s medical condition and treatment are basic sensible lodgings numerous companies do not properly handle. Workplace Safety: Your employer has a legal obligation to offer a safe work environment free from acknowledged threats. This includes adhering to security regulations and supplying appropriate training for workers. Wrongful Termination: Wrongful termination is a whistle blower tort. If an employee complains about their employer doing something prohibited 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 staff member worked out statutory legal rights and was retaliated for working out those rights. Examples consist of task terminations due to the worker filing a wage claim, refusing unwanted sexual advances, reporting an employer to OSHA, internally grumbling to management or declining to participate in unlawful activities, taking a lawfully safeguarded leave of absence for cancer, impairment, FMLA, or pregnancy. Firing a staff member due to an immutable particular such as gender, race, or religion is likewise wrongful termination. Wrongful discharge IS NOT about unreasonable task terminations workers do not agree 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, worker’s compensation advantages might be offered to cover medical costs and lost wages. However, worker’s compensation is the special treatment for most workplace injuries, implying you normally can not sue your employer straight.

There may be limited exceptions where legal action against a company is possible. Consulting with an employment legal representative is advised 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 offenses.

Disclaimer: This webpage offers basic information just and ought to not be interpreted as legal suggestions. If you have specific 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 decision for male aesthetically pestered and based on crude comments by a female supervisor

$1,150,000 Unpaid commissions of 2 plaintiffs

$875,000 For 4 oil field service market employees 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 contractors

$775,000 For small class action of staff members not enabled meal breaks or mobile phone repayments while looking after dependent adults

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

$750,000 Sub-Minimum wage class action settlement

$675,000 Sexual harassment 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 employees 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 filling station

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

$450,000 Settlement for 2 on-call workers

$450,000 Paystub offenses

$450,000 Being on controlled standby

$430,000 Settlement in 2024 dollars for a Los Angeles warehouse worker forced to break her medical constraints imposed 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 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 Unwanted sexual advances of a delivery motorist

$365,000 After offender lost their appeal - pregnancy case - Jury Trial

$360,000 For missed meal and rest breaks, and overtime for 3 staff members, and PAGA penalties for less than 25

$350,000 To 2 workers in vacation rental service working off-the-clock overtime

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

$350,000 For regulated standby and overtime for one staff member

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

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

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

$350,000 For prevailing wage and paystub itemizations

$315,000 Sexual harassment of a lesbian woman 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 difficulty shooters oncall at a major hospital

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

$300,000 Verdict of punitive damages in wrongful termination case due to employee’s rejection to work without rest breaks

$300,000 Post trial verdict for wrongful termination settlement and minor 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 two technicians at a radio/television station

$270,000 Unwanted sexual advances & employment 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 unpaid overtime

$246,000 Breach of fiduciary duty arbitration award including disability 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 kitchen area employees sexually bothered

$225,000 Sexual harassment by shop customers

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

$205,000 Unpaid incomes, overtime, labor code area 2699 penalties- arbitration award for numerous complainants

$205,000 For multiple complainants

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

$200,000 For prevailing wage and FMLA violations

$200,000 For PAGA infractions 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 concerns & 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 registered sex offender

$193,250 Unwanted sexual advances by a sex wrongdoer

$190,000 Sexual Harassment in the medical coding market

$190,000 Unwanted sexual advances without a task termination

$185,857 Jewish attorney victimized due to religion

$185,000 For sexual harassment of a lady 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 out on meal and in a hotel’s cooking areas

$175,000 Failure to pay base pay

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

$175,000 Minor problems of pregnancy discrimination in quick 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 huge box shop

$165,000 Wrongful termination and whistleblower

$165,000 For a vehicle dealer supervisor rejected child bonding and CFRA Leave

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

$162,000 Unwanted sexual advances at a resident’s Association

$160,000 For 3 oil field employees 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 building site

$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 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 salesperson with cancer

$150,000 Settlement for failure to restore 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 worker

$150,000 Sexual harassment by a manager of an adult daycare program

$150,000 Job not held open throughout cancer treatment

$150,000 CNA grumbled about rats

$150,000 Forced to give up due to sexual harassment

$145,000 Settlement for an office supervisor whose Northridge employer would not allow her to depart from work due to pregnancy

$140,000 Off-the-clock work, breach of agreement 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 exam adversely impacting a handicapped staff member

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

$127,450 Improper questions about medical capabilities

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

$125,000 Minor unwanted sexual advances

$125,000 Unwanted sexual advances at a quick food restaurant

$125,000 Sexual harassment of a drug therapist

$125,000 Pregnancy discrimination case & wrongful termination -

$125,000 Wrongful termination

$125,000 Wrongful termination & small labor code infractions

$125,000 Breach of agreement, overdue incomes in the web industry

$125,000 For worker who quit after being misclassified and not getting 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 concurred to sum

$120,000 Unpaid salaries for tow truck chauffeurs

$120,000 Sexually bothered 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 employee

$120,000 Male on male sexual harassment Unpaid salaries, overtime, labor code section 2699 penalties- arbitration award of over

$120,000 For race discrimination

$117,702 Disability discrimination, FMLA, and employment 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 fun of due to his religious beliefs

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

$115,000 Unwanted sexual advances of vehicle saleswoman small unsettled commissions

$115,000 Unwanted sexual advances of car saleswoman & small unsettled commissions

$112,023 Wrongful termination of social worker during trial

$110,000 (small lost wages) Cancer discrimination & employment termination

$109,500 Unpaid prevailing earnings for 2 employees of a small company

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

$105,500 Sexual harassment of a lesbian aerospace worker by a man who wanted 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 infractions & termination ($20,000 loss of earnings)

$102,500 Sexual harassment of a janitor

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

$101,500 Sexual harassment of a janitor

$100,850 Sexual harassment 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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