Navigating the legal elements of work can be intricate. This webpage provides an overview of some important staff member rights and resources to help you comprehend your choices.

Understanding Your Employee Rights

As a worker, you have specific legal defenses in location to guarantee a reasonable and safe work environment. 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 pay for exceeding a set variety of hours each week (typically 40). Meal and rest breaks may likewise be compensated depending on your area and company. Sexual Harassment: Unwanted sexual advances unfortunately continues to effect individuals of all genders and gender recognitions. The Employment Lawyers Group has actually tried and handled numerous cases for men and ladies involving undesirable sexual touching, sexual attack, sexual battery, quid professional quo sexual harassment done by supervisors, supervisors, and company owner. These days numerous sexual harassment cases likewise include undesirable text messages and profane photos sent out to cellphones. Our work includes appeals worrying sexual harassment and life altering settlements. Discrimination and Harassment: Federal and state laws forbid discrimination based upon race, color, religious beliefs, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, age (40 or older), or hereditary information. This consists of defense from harassment of any kind. Reasonable Accommodation: If you have a recorded medical condition, your employer may be needed to supply affordable lodgings to permit you to perform your task duties. Examples include flexible work schedules, customized devices, or available offices. However, a lot of cases filed in court for employers declining to reasonably accommodate staff members includes companies who fired an employee for not returning to work when they are out on a disability, FMLA, or pregnancy leave. Allowing time off for an employee's medical condition and treatment are fundamental affordable accommodations many companies do not effectively deal with. Workplace Safety: Your company has a legal obligation to offer a safe workplace devoid of recognized threats. This includes sticking to safety guidelines and offering appropriate training for staff members. Wrongful Termination: Wrongful termination is a whistle blower tort. If an employee complains about their employer doing something unlawful and they are ended that may be wrongful termination. Retaliation leading to a job termination is wrongful termination if it happens since the staff member exercised statutory legal rights and was struck back for exercising those rights. Examples include job terminations due to the worker filing a wage claim, refusing unwanted sexual advances, reporting a company to OSHA, internally grumbling to management or declining to take part in prohibited activities, taking a lawfully protected leave of lack for cancer, impairment, FMLA, or pregnancy. Firing a staff member due to an immutable particular such as gender, race, or religious beliefs is also wrongful termination. Wrongful discharge IS NOT about unreasonable job terminations workers do not agree with that do not involve among the above.

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Employment Lawyer For Workers Compensation

If you are injured or become ill due to your work, employment employee's settlement advantages might be readily available to cover medical expenses and lost wages. However, worker's compensation is the special treatment for many workplace injuries, indicating you normally can not sue your company straight.

There may be restricted exceptions where legal action against an employer is possible. Consulting with an employment legal representative is suggested to identify if your situation falls under one of these exceptions, such as wrongful termination for filing a wage claim or severe office security infractions.

Disclaimer: This web page provides basic details just and should not be construed as legal guidance. If you have particular questions or concerns about your work rights, it's constantly best to seek advice from a certified lawyer.

Employment Lawyers Group Case Results (Some)

$18,402,868 Jury verdict for male visually pestered and subject to unrefined remarks by a female manager

$1,150,000 Unpaid commissions of 2 complainants

$875,000 For 4 oil field service market 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 contractors

$775,000 For small class action of employees not allowed meal breaks or cellular phone compensations while taking care of dependent grownups

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

$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 rig employees

$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 regulated standby

$430,000 Settlement in 2024 dollars for a Los Angeles storage facility employee required to violate her medical limitations 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 staff members

$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 Sexual harassment of a shipment chauffeur

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

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

$350,000 To 2 staff members in getaway 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 worker

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

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

$350,000 For 2 employees in the trip 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 man

$315,000 Unwanted sexual advances of a pizza shipment motorist

$307,345 For 2 medical facility workers oncall

$305,000 Wrongful termination of 2 sales individuals

$305,000 For 2 IT trouble shooters oncall at a significant medical facility

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

$300,000 Verdict of punitive 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 small rest break violations

$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 specialists at a radio/television station

$270,000 Sexual harassment & work termination

$260,000 For regulated stand by pay

$260,000 For sexual harassment in a grocery store

$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 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 employees sexually bothered

$225,000 Unwanted sexual advances by store consumers

$206,151 Larson v. VXI Same Sex Unwanted Sexual Advances

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

$205,000 For several plaintiffs

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

$200,000 For prevailing wage and FMLA offenses

$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 an employee fired due to medical issues & complaints 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 signed up sex offender

$193,250 Sexual harassment by a sex wrongdoer

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

$190,000 Sexual harassment without a job termination

$185,857 Jewish attorney discriminated against due to faith

$185,000 For employment unwanted sexual advances of a lady 35 years older than the harasser

$182,500 Fired during cancer treatment

$180,000 Cancer discrimination and termination due to recovery from cancer

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

$180,000 Controlled standby pay

$175,000 Unwanted sexual advances claim

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

$175,000 Failure to pay minimum wage

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

$175,000 Minor issues of pregnancy discrimination in quick food dining establishment, 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 car dealer manager denied baby bonding and CFRA Leave

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

$162,000 Sexual harassment at a resident's Association

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

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

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

$155,000 Whistle blower at building and construction site

$153,000 Camarillo woman demeaned due to her Christianity

$150,000 Sexual harassment to 2 kitchen 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 impairment & 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 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 dining establishment worker

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

$150,000 Job not held open during cancer treatment

$150,000 CNA grumbled 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 enable 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 in claim

$127,500 Illegally required medical checkup negatively affecting a handicapped worker

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

$127,450 Improper questions about medical abilities

$125,450 Retail sales supervisor ended after grumbling about national origin harassment by colleague

$125,000 Minor unwanted sexual advances

$125,000 Sexual harassment at a junk 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 & minor labor code infractions

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

$125,000 For staff member who quit 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 agreed to sum

$120,000 Unpaid wages for tow truck chauffeurs

$120,000 Sexually bothered maintenance supervisor by another male

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

$120,000 Racial Discrimination of a warehouse 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 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 faith

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

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

$115,000 Sexual harassment of car saleswoman & minor unpaid commissions

$112,023 Wrongful termination of social employee throughout trial

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

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

$107,500 Wrongfully ended 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 employee

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

$102,500 Sexual harassment 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 restaurant supervisor

$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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* Please be encouraged that past outcomes are not a guaranty nor forecast of future case results

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