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

Understanding Your Employee Rights

As a worker, you have certain legal securities in location to make sure a fair and safe workplace. These rights cover numerous 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 going beyond a set number of hours per week (usually 40). Meal and rest breaks might also be compensated depending upon 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 actually attempted and handled numerous cases for males and women including unwanted sexual touching, sexual attack, sexual battery, quid pro quo sexual harassment done by supervisors, managers, and entrepreneur. Nowadays numerous sexual harassment cases also include unwanted text messages and obscene images sent out to cellular phones. Our work includes appeals concerning unwanted sexual advances and employment life altering settlements. Discrimination and Harassment: Federal and state laws restrict discrimination based on race, color, faith, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, impairment, age (40 or older), or employment genetic information. This includes defense from harassment of any kind. Reasonable Accommodation: If you have a documented medical condition, your employer might be needed to supply reasonable accommodations to allow you to perform your job duties. Examples include versatile work schedules, customized devices, or available work areas. However, a lot of cases submitted in court for companies declining to fairly accommodate workers involves employers who fired an employee for not coming back to work when they are out on a special needs, FMLA, or pregnancy leave. Allowing time off for a worker’s medical condition and treatment are fundamental reasonable lodgings many companies do not correctly deal with. Workplace Safety: Your employer has a legal duty to supply a safe workplace complimentary from recognized hazards. This consists of sticking to security guidelines and supplying correct 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 may be wrongful termination. Retaliation leading to a job termination is wrongful termination if it occurs due to the fact that the employee exercised statutory legal rights and was struck back for exercising those rights. Examples consist of job terminations due to the staff member submitting a wage claim, declining unwanted sexual advances, reporting an employer to OSHA, internally complaining to management or refusing to take part in illegal activities, taking a legally safeguarded leave of absence for cancer, impairment, FMLA, or pregnancy. Firing an employee due to an immutable particular such as gender, race, or faith is likewise wrongful termination. Wrongful discharge IS NOT about unreasonable task 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 hurt or become ill due to your work, employee’s compensation advantages may be readily available to cover medical costs and lost wages. However, worker’s settlement is the exclusive solution for many workplace injuries, meaning you normally can not sue your company straight.

There may be limited exceptions where legal action versus an employer is possible. Consulting with a work attorney is recommended to figure out if your circumstance falls under one of these exceptions, such as wrongful termination for filing a wage claim or extreme office security violations.

Disclaimer: This webpage supplies general details just and ought to not be interpreted as legal guidance. If you have particular questions or issues about your employment 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 pestered and based on crude remarks by a female manager

$1,150,000 Unpaid commissions of two 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 contractors

$775,000 For small class action of employees not permitted meal breaks or cellular phone compensations while caring for reliant adults

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

$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 employees

$490,000 For sex and age discrimination of ladies

$465,000 Sexual harassment at a filling station

$460,000 Unpaid hours of work for gatekeeper & 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 employee required to breach her medical constraints enforced by pregnancy

$400,000 Recovery following arbitration win for 4 staff members who worked off the clock

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

$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 motorist

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

$360,000 For missed meal and rest breaks, and overtime for 3 workers, and PAGA charges for less than 25

$350,000 To 2 workers in holiday rental business working off-the-clock overtime

$350,000 Due to fixed perk 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 perks were not determined into his overtime rate

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

$350,000 For prevailing wage and paystub itemizations

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

$315,000 advances of a pizza delivery driver

$307,345 For 2 health center 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 spend for 2 telecommunication workers in a healthcare facility

$300,000 Verdict of compensatory damages in wrongful termination case due to employee’s refusal 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 base pay, overtime double and double time due to on call work for 2 professionals 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 professionals not paid overtime

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

$250,000 For whistle-blower about overdue overtime

$246,000 Breach of fiduciary responsibility arbitration award involving special needs 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 two kitchen area workers sexually pestered

$225,000 Sexual harassment by shop consumers

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

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

$205,000 For multiple complainants

$200,000 For on-call work, retaliation, required to stop security officer

$200,000 For dominating wage and FMLA infractions

$200,000 For PAGA violations and sexual harassment

$200,000 Race Discrimination towards Latinos

$200,000 Acts of sexual harassment by CEO

$200,000 For an employee fired due to medical problems & 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 signed up sex wrongdoer

$193,250 Unwanted sexual advances by a sex culprit

$190,000 Sexual Harassment in the medical coding industry

$190,000 Unwanted sexual advances without a task termination

$185,857 Jewish lawyer discriminated against 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 healing from cancer

$180,000 Controlled standby pay claims of oil field service staff member

$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 cooking areas

$175,000 Failure to pay base pay

$175,000 Unpaid overtime of 2 limo motorists of a small 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 huge box store

$165,000 Wrongful termination and whistleblower

$165,000 For a vehicle dealership manager rejected child bonding and CFRA Leave

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

$162,000 Sexual harassment at a property owner’s Association

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

$160,000 Unwanted sexual advances by supervisors of vehicle lot

$160,000 Auto car dealership unwanted sexual advances by text message

$155,000 Whistle blower at construction website

$153,000 Camarillo female demeaned due to her Christianity

$150,000 Sexual harassment to two kitchen employees 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 facility 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 supervisor of an adult day care program

$150,000 Job not held open throughout cancer treatment

$150,000 CNA complained about rats

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

$145,000 Settlement for an office manager whose Northridge company would not allow 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 reinstate after FMLA

$135,000 Aerospace executive whistle blower

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

$127,500 Illegally needed medical checkup negatively impacting a handicapped staff member

$127,500 Wrongfully terminated motorist who grumbled his truck was risky

$127,450 Improper inquiry about medical abilities

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

$125,000 Minor unwanted sexual advances

$125,000 Sexual harassment at a fast food restaurant

$125,000 Sexual harassment of a drug counselor

$125,000 Pregnancy discrimination case & wrongful termination -

$125,000 Wrongful termination

$125,000 Wrongful termination & small labor code infractions

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

$125,000 For employee 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 agreed to sum

$120,000 Unpaid earnings for tow truck motorists

$120,000 Sexually pestered maintenance manager by another male

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

$120,000 Racial Discrimination of a warehouse worker

$120,000 Male on male sexual harassment Unpaid earnings, 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 staff member in binding arbitration

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

$115,616 Signal Hill Hindu made enjoyable of due to his faith

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

$115,000 Unwanted sexual advances of automobile saleswoman minor unsettled commissions

$115,000 Unwanted sexual advances of cars and truck saleswoman & small overdue commissions

$112,023 Wrongful termination of social worker during trial

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

$109,500 Unpaid prevailing earnings for 2 workers of a small business

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

$105,500 Unwanted sexual advances of a lesbian aerospace worker by a guy who desired to turn her straight

$105,000 Overtime due computer system expert

$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 incomes)

$102,500 Unwanted sexual advances of a janitor

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

$101,500 Unwanted sexual advances 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 chauffeur who blew the whistle

$100,000 Fired Due to Age of FMLA Leave

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