Navigating the legal aspects of work can be intricate. This website provides a summary of some essential staff member rights and resources to help you comprehend your alternatives.

Understanding Your Employee Rights

As a staff member, you have certain legal securities in place to make sure a reasonable and safe workplace. These rights cover different of your work, including:

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 each week (usually 40). Meal and rest breaks may also be compensated depending on your place and employer. Unwanted Sexual Advances: Unwanted sexual advances regrettably continues to effect individuals of all genders and gender recognitions. The Employment Lawyers Group has actually attempted and dealt with numerous cases for males and females involving unwanted sexual touching, sexual attack, sexual battery, quid professional quo sexual harassment done by supervisors, supervisors, and company owner. These days lots of sexual harassment cases also involve unwanted text messages and obscene photos sent out to cellphones. Our work includes appeals worrying sexual harassment and life changing settlements. Discrimination and Harassment: Federal and state laws prohibit discrimination based on race, color, faith, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, special needs, age (40 or older), or genetic info. This consists of defense from harassment of any kind. Reasonable Accommodation: If you have a documented medical condition, your employer may be needed to provide reasonable lodgings to enable you to perform your task tasks. Examples include versatile work schedules, modified devices, or available work spaces. However, most cases submitted in court for companies declining to fairly accommodate staff members includes companies 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 an employee's medical condition and treatment are fundamental sensible accommodations numerous companies do not correctly deal with. Workplace Safety: Your company has a legal duty to offer a safe work environment totally free from acknowledged hazards. This includes adhering to security policies and providing correct training for workers. Wrongful Termination: Wrongful termination is a whistle blower tort. If a staff member complains about their company doing something unlawful and they are terminated that may be wrongful termination. Retaliation leading to a job termination is wrongful termination if it takes place since the employee exercised statutory legal rights and was struck back for working out those rights. Examples include task terminations due to the staff member submitting a wage claim, refusing unwanted sexual advances, reporting a company to OSHA, internally grumbling to management or declining to take part in illegal activities, taking a lawfully safeguarded leave of lack for cancer, impairment, FMLA, or pregnancy. Firing an employee due to an immutable characteristic such as gender, race, or religious beliefs is also wrongful termination. Wrongful discharge IS NOT about unjust job terminations employees do not agree with that do not involve one of the above.

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If you are hurt or become ill due to your work, worker's payment benefits may be readily available to cover medical expenditures and lost earnings. However, employee's settlement is the unique treatment for the majority of workplace injuries, suggesting you typically can not sue your company straight.

There might be limited exceptions where legal action against an employer is possible. Consulting with an employment lawyer is recommended to identify if your situation falls under among these exceptions, such as wrongful termination for submitting a wage claim or severe work environment safety offenses.

Disclaimer: This webpage provides basic info only and must not be interpreted as legal recommendations. If you have specific questions or issues about your work rights, it's always best to speak with a qualified attorney.

Employment Lawyers Group Case Results (Some)

$18,402,868 Jury decision for male aesthetically pestered and based on crude comments by a female manager

$1,150,000 Unpaid commissions of two complainants

$875,000 For 4 oil field service market employees whose times worked were not taped on timesheets and were on-call

$800,000 Controlled wait class action settlement

$800,000 For mis-classified independent specialists

$775,000 For small class action of staff members not permitted meal breaks or mobile phone repayments while caring for reliant adults

$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 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 employees 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 Unwanted sexual advances at a filling station

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

$450,000 Settlement for 2 on-call employees

$450,000 Paystub violations

$450,000 Being on regulated standby

$430,000 Settlement in 2024 dollars for a Los Angeles storage facility employee required to breach her medical constraints enforced 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 workers

$400,000 Off-the-clock work for employment 5 staff members

$365,000 Vasquez v. Del Rio Sanitarium Pregnancy Discrimination Case - Following Jury Trial & Appeal

$365,000 Sexual harassment 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 employees, and PAGA charges for less than 25

$350,000 To 2 staff members in holiday rental company working off-the-clock overtime

$350,000 Due to repaired benefit 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 fixed rate benefits were not calculated into his overtime rate

$350,000 For 2 staff members in the trip rental company 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 Sexual harassment of a pizza delivery chauffeur

$307,345 For 2 medical facility workers oncall

$305,000 Wrongful termination of 2 sales people

$305,000 For 2 IT problem shooters oncall at a significant hospital

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

$300,000 Verdict of punitive 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 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 professionals at a radio/television station

$270,000 Unwanted sexual advances & employment termination

$260,000 For controlled stand by pay

$260,000 For sexual harassment in a grocery store

$250,000 For 2 oil field service professionals not paid overtime

$250,000 For radiology specialist on-call and little PAGA group

$250,000 For whistle-blower about overdue overtime

$246,000 Breach of fiduciary task arbitration award including disability 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 2 kitchen employees sexually harassed

$225,000 Unwanted sexual advances by shop consumers

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

$205,000 Unpaid earnings, overtime, employment labor code area 2699 charges- arbitration award for several plaintiffs

$205,000 For numerous complainants

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

$200,000 For dominating wage and FMLA offenses

$200,000 For PAGA offenses and sexual harassment

$200,000 Race Discrimination towards Latinos

$200,000 Acts of unwanted sexual advances by CEO

$200,000 For an employee fired due to medical concerns & grievances of discrimination

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

$195,000 For Whistle Blower

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

$193,250 Unwanted sexual advances by a sex transgressor

$190,000 Sexual Harassment in the medical coding market

$190,000 Sexual harassment without a job termination

$185,857 Jewish lawyer victimized due to religious beliefs

$185,000 For unwanted sexual advances of a woman 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 Unwanted sexual advances suit

$175,000 PAGA settlement due to missed out on 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, absence 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 dealership supervisor rejected child bonding and CFRA Leave

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

$162,000 Sexual harassment at a home owner's Association

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

$160,000 Sexual harassment by supervisors 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 Unwanted sexual advances to two cooking area employees 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 nursing home 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 Unwanted sexual advances of an eight-teen year old dining establishment employee

$150,000 Unwanted sexual advances by a supervisor of an adult day care program

$150,000 Job not held open during cancer treatment

$150,000 CNA grumbled about rats

$150,000 Forced to quit due to unwanted sexual advances

$145,000 Settlement for a workplace manager whose Northridge employer would not enable her to take leave 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 renew after FMLA

$135,000 Aerospace executive whistle blower

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

$127,500 Illegally needed medical assessment adversely impacting a handicapped worker

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

$127,450 Improper questions about medical capabilities

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

$125,000 Minor sexual harassment

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

$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 violations

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

$125,000 For staff member who stopped after being misclassified and not receiving overtime.

$125,000 Pregnancy discrimination & termination

$125,000 Non-payment of incomes to CEO

$125,000 Age discrimination throughout layoff

$125,000 High tech employer stopped paying the consented to sum

$120,000 Unpaid salaries for tow truck drivers

$120,000 Sexually pestered maintenance supervisor by another male

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

$120,000 Racial Discrimination of a storage facility worker

$120,000 Male on male sexual harassment Unpaid incomes, employment overtime, labor code section 2699 charges- 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 incomes)

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

$115,000 Pregnancy discrimination & termination of client service staff member

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

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

$112,023 Wrongful termination of social employee during trial

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

$109,500 Unpaid dominating incomes for 2 staff members of a little company

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

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

$105,000 Overtime due computer expert

$105,000 Fired After Depression Leave

$103,145 Refusal to accommodate pregnant storage facility employee

$102,500 Family Care Leave Act offenses & 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 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 chauffeur who blew the whistle

$100,000 Fired Due to Age of FMLA Leave

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