Navigating the legal elements of work can be complex. This webpage provides a summary of some important staff member rights and resources to assist you comprehend your options.
Understanding Your Employee Rights
As a worker, you have specific legal securities in location to guarantee 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 exceeding a set number of hours each week (usually 40). Meal and rest breaks might likewise be compensated depending upon your location and employer.
Unwanted Sexual Advances: m1bar.com Unwanted sexual advances sadly continues to effect individuals of all genders and gender recognitions. The Employment Lawyers Group has actually attempted and managed many cases for males and females including unwanted sexual touching, sexual attack, sexual battery, quid pro quo sexual harassment done by managers, supervisors, and company owner. Nowadays many unwanted sexual advances cases also involve unwanted text and obscene photos sent out to cellular phones. Our work includes appeals concerning sexual harassment and life changing settlements.
Discrimination and Harassment: Federal and state laws restrict discrimination based upon race, color, religious beliefs, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, impairment, age (40 or older), or hereditary info. This consists of defense from harassment of any kind.
Reasonable Accommodation: If you have a documented medical condition, your company might be needed to offer reasonable accommodations to enable you to perform your job tasks. Examples consist of versatile work schedules, modified equipment, or accessible work spaces. However, many cases filed in court for companies declining to reasonably accommodate staff members involves companies who fired a staff member for not returning to work when they are out on an impairment, FMLA, or pregnancy leave. Allowing time off for a worker's medical condition and treatment are fundamental affordable accommodations numerous employers do not effectively manage.
Workplace Safety: Your company has a legal responsibility to provide a safe workplace devoid of acknowledged hazards. This consists of sticking to security guidelines and providing correct training for staff members.
Wrongful Termination: Wrongful termination is a whistle blower tort. If a staff member complains about their employer doing something illegal and they are ended that may be wrongful termination. Retaliation resulting in a job termination is wrongful termination if it happens since the worker worked out statutory legal rights and was struck back for working out those rights. Examples consist of task terminations due to the worker submitting a wage claim, refusing sexual harassment, reporting an employer to OSHA, internally grumbling to management or refusing to take part in prohibited activities, taking a legally protected leave of absence for cancer, disability, FMLA, or pregnancy. Firing an employee due to an immutable characteristic such as gender, race, or faith is likewise wrongful termination. Wrongful discharge IS NOT about unjust job terminations employees do not concur with that do not include among the above.
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If you are hurt or become ill due to your work, employee's settlement advantages may be available to cover medical expenditures and lost earnings. However, worker's payment is the special solution for most workplace injuries, meaning you usually can not sue your company directly.
There may be restricted exceptions where legal action against 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 severe work environment security infractions.
Disclaimer: This webpage offers general details just and should not be interpreted as legal suggestions. If you have specific concerns or concerns about your work rights, it's constantly best to seek advice from with a certified lawyer.
Employment Lawyers Group Case Results (Some)
$18,402,868 Jury decision for male visually pestered and based on crude remarks by a female manager
$1,150,000 Unpaid commissions of two plaintiffs
$875,000 For 4 oil field service industry workers 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 professionals
$775,000 For small class action of staff members not allowed meal breaks or mobile phone compensations while caring for dependent adults
$750,000 Disability discrimination settlement for staff member who had heart problems
$750,000 Sub-Minimum wage class action settlement
$675,000 Unwanted sexual advances 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 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 Unwanted sexual advances 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 violations
$450,000 Being on regulated standby
$430,000 Settlement in 2024 dollars for a Los Angeles storage facility worker required to break her medical limitations imposed by pregnancy
$400,000 Recovery following arbitration win for 4 workers who worked 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 Unwanted sexual advances of a delivery driver
$365,000 After defendant lost their appeal - pregnancy case - Jury Trial
$360,000 For missed out on meal and rest breaks, and overtime for 3 employees, and PAGA penalties for less than 25
$350,000 To 2 workers in holiday rental organization working off-the-clock overtime
$350,000 Due to fixed bonus offer pay not figured into overtime for a directional driller
$350,000 For regulated standby and annunciogratis.net overtime for one staff member
$350,000 Nurse mis-classified as independent specialist who was on-call
$350,000 For directional driller whose fixed rate bonus offers were not determined into his overtime rate
$350,000 For 2 workers in the getaway rental organization who worked off-the-clock, on-call & PAGA
$350,000 For prevailing wage and paystub itemizations
$315,000 Sexual harassment of a lesbian female by straight man
$315,000 Sexual harassment of a pizza delivery driver
$307,345 For 2 medical facility staff members oncall
$305,000 Wrongful termination of 2 sales people
$305,000 For 2 IT problem shooters oncall at a significant medical facility
$302,000 Controlled standby spend for two telecommunication workers in a health center
$300,000 Verdict of compensatory damages in wrongful termination case due to staff member's refusal to work without rest breaks
$300,000 Post trial decision for wrongful termination settlement and small rest break offenses
$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 technicians at a radio/television station
$270,000 Sexual harassment & work termination
$260,000 For controlled wait 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 little PAGA group
$250,000 For whistle-blower about unsettled overtime
$246,000 Breach of fiduciary duty arbitration award including disability discrimination
$232,000 Male on male sexual harassment won at a binding arbitration
$225,000 Sexual Harassment of a Waitress (No Termination Involved)
$225,000 For two kitchen workers sexually harassed
$225,000 Sexual harassment by shop consumers
$206,151 Larson v. VXI Same Sex Unwanted Sexual Advances
$205,000 Unpaid salaries, overtime, labor code section 2699 charges- arbitration award for multiple complainants
$205,000 For multiple complainants
$200,000 For on-call work, retaliation, forced to stop security officer
$200,000 For dominating wage and FMLA infractions
$200,000 For PAGA infractions and sexual harassment
$200,000 Race Discrimination towards Latinos
$200,000 Acts of sexual harassment by CEO
$200,000 For a worker fired due to medical concerns & 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 Sexual harassment by a sex transgressor
$190,000 Unwanted sexual advances in the medical coding industry
$190,000 Unwanted sexual advances without a task termination
$185,857 Jewish attorney discriminated versus due to religion
$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 staff member
$180,000 Controlled standby pay
$175,000 Unwanted sexual advances suit
$175,000 PAGA settlement due to missed out on 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 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 store
$165,000 Wrongful termination and whistleblower
$165,000 For a car dealership 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 resident's Association
$160,000 For 3 oil field employees denied meal breaks, worked off-the-clock
$160,000 Sexual harassment by managers of automobile lot
$160,000 Auto car dealership sexual harassment by text message
$155,000 Whistle blower at building site
$153,000 Camarillo woman demeaned due to her Christianity
$150,000 Sexual harassment 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 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 assisted living center who blew whistle
$150,000 Job Termination of sales representative 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 Sexual harassment of an eight-teen years of age restaurant worker
$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 grumbled about rats
$150,000 Forced to give up due to sexual harassment
$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 reinstate after FMLA
$135,000 Aerospace executive whistle blower
$130,000 Employee fired for refusing to falsify records in claim
$127,500 Illegally needed medical checkup negatively affecting a disabled worker
$127,500 Wrongfully terminated motorist who complained his truck was unsafe
$127,450 Improper inquiry about medical capabilities
$125,450 Retail sales manager terminated after grumbling about national origin harassment by coworker
$125,000 Minor sexual harassment
$125,000 Sexual harassment at a fast food dining establishment
$125,000 Unwanted sexual advances of a drug counselor
$125,000 Pregnancy discrimination case & wrongful termination -
$125,000 Wrongful termination
$125,000 Wrongful termination & minor labor code violations
$125,000 Breach of contract, unsettled wages in the web market
$125,000 For staff member who gave up after being misclassified and not getting overtime.
$125,000 Pregnancy discrimination & termination
$125,000 Non-payment of salaries to CEO
$125,000 Age discrimination during layoff
$125,000 High tech employer stopped paying the accepted sum
$120,000 Unpaid incomes for tow truck motorists
$120,000 Sexually harassed upkeep supervisor by another male
$120,000 Insurance professional terminated for taking California Family Care Leave (FMLA)
$120,000 Racial Discrimination of a warehouse employee
$120,000 Male on male sexual harassment Unpaid wages, 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 teased due to his religion
$115,000 Pregnancy discrimination & termination of client service staff member
$115,000 Unwanted sexual advances of vehicle saleswoman minor overdue commissions
$115,000 Sexual harassment of vehicle saleswoman & minor unsettled commissions
$112,023 Wrongful termination of social worker throughout trial
$110,000 (small lost wages) Cancer discrimination & work termination
$109,500 Unpaid dominating salaries for 2 employees of a little business
$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 guy who wished to turn her straight
$105,000 Overtime due computer system expert
$105,000 Fired After Depression Leave
$103,145 Refusal to accommodate pregnant warehouse worker
$102,500 Family Care Leave Act violations & 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 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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