Navigating the legal elements of employment can be complex. This webpage supplies a summary of some necessary worker rights and resources to help you comprehend your alternatives.

Understanding Your Employee Rights

As a staff member, you have particular legal protections in place to guarantee a reasonable and safe work environment. These rights cover numerous aspects of your work, including:

Wage and Hour Lawyer: You are entitled to be paid minimum wage for all hours worked, and overtime spend for going beyond a set variety of hours per week (usually 40). Meal and rest breaks may likewise be compensated depending on your place and company. Sexual Harassment: Unwanted sexual advances unfortunately continues to effect individuals of all genders and gender identifications. The Employment Lawyers Group has actually tried and dealt with many cases for males and ladies involving unwanted sexual touching, sexual assault, sexual battery, quid professional quo sexual harassment done by supervisors, supervisors, and company owner. These days numerous sexual harassment cases also involve undesirable text messages and obscene photos sent out to cellphones. Our work consists of appeals worrying sexual harassment and life changing settlements. Discrimination and Harassment: Federal and state laws restrict discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, age (40 or older), or genetic details. This includes protection from harassment of any kind. Reasonable Accommodation: If you have a documented medical condition, your employer might be needed to provide sensible lodgings to permit you to perform your job duties. Examples include flexible work schedules, modified devices, or available work areas. However, many cases filed in court for companies refusing to fairly accommodate staff members includes employers 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 essential affordable accommodations many employers do not correctly handle. Workplace Safety: Your employer has a legal responsibility to provide a safe workplace devoid of recognized threats. This includes adhering to safety guidelines and offering correct training for employees. Wrongful Termination: Wrongful termination is a whistle blower tort. If a worker complains about their company doing something unlawful and they are ended that may be wrongful termination. Retaliation leading to a task termination is wrongful termination if it occurs since the staff member worked out statutory legal rights and was retaliated for exercising those rights. Examples include task terminations due to the worker submitting a wage claim, refusing unwanted sexual advances, reporting an employer to OSHA, internally grumbling to management or declining to participate in illegal activities, taking a legally safeguarded leave of absence for cancer, disability, FMLA, or pregnancy. Firing a staff member due to an immutable characteristic such as gender, race, or religion is likewise wrongful termination. Wrongful discharge IS NOT about unreasonable job terminations employees do not agree with that do not involve among the above.

Call The Employment Lawyers Group 1-877-525-0700

Employment Lawyer For employment Workers Compensation

If you are injured or ended up being ill due to your work, employee's payment advantages might be readily available to cover medical expenses and lost wages. However, worker's settlement is the special solution for many workplace injuries, suggesting you typically can not sue your employer directly.

There might be restricted exceptions where legal action against a company is possible. Consulting with a work lawyer is advised to identify if your scenario falls under one of these exceptions, such as wrongful termination for submitting a wage claim or severe work environment safety infractions.

Disclaimer: This webpage supplies basic info just and must not be construed as legal recommendations. If you have specific questions or concerns about your employment rights, it's always best to consult with a certified lawyer.

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 two complainants

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

$800,000 Controlled stand by class action settlement

$800,000 For mis-classified independent contractors

$775,000 For little class action of staff members not permitted meal breaks or cellular phone compensations while taking care of dependent grownups

$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 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 well employees

$490,000 For sex and age discrimination of females

$465,000 Unwanted sexual advances at a gasoline station

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

$450,000 Settlement for 2 on-call workers

$450,000 Paystub infractions

$450,000 Being on regulated standby

$430,000 Settlement in 2024 dollars for a Los Angeles storage facility employee forced to violate her medical limitations enforced by pregnancy

$400,000 Recovery following arbitration win for 4 employees who sweated off the clock

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

$400,000 Off-the-clock work for 5 workers

$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 offender lost their appeal - pregnancy case - Jury Trial

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

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

$350,000 Due to repaired benefit 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 specialist who was on-call

$350,000 For directional driller whose fixed rate rewards were not calculated into his overtime rate

$350,000 For 2 workers in the getaway rental service who worked off-the-clock, on-call & PAGA

$350,000 For dominating wage and paystub itemizations

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

$315,000 Sexual harassment of a pizza delivery motorist

$307,345 For 2 medical facility staff members 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 pay for 2 telecommunication employees in a hospital

$300,000 Verdict of compensatory 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 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 2 service 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 professionals not paid overtime

$250,000 For radiology service and small PAGA group

$250,000 For whistle-blower about unsettled overtime

$246,000 Breach of fiduciary responsibility arbitration award involving special needs 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 2 kitchen employees sexually pestered

$225,000 Unwanted sexual advances by store customers

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

$205,000 Unpaid salaries, overtime, labor code section 2699 charges- arbitration award for multiple complainants

$205,000 For numerous plaintiffs

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

$200,000 For prevailing wage and FMLA infractions

$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 a worker fired due to medical concerns & complaints of discrimination

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

$195,000 For Whistle Blower

$193,500 Sexual Harassment by a registered sex transgressor

$193,250 Sexual harassment by a sex transgressor

$190,000 Sexual Harassment in the medical coding industry

$190,000 Sexual harassment without a task termination

$185,857 Jewish legal representative victimized due to religion

$185,000 For 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 healing from cancer

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

$180,000 Controlled standby pay

$175,000 Unwanted sexual advances claim

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

$175,000 Failure to pay minimum wage

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

$175,000 Minor concerns of pregnancy discrimination in fast food restaurant, absence of rest breaks

$175,000 Wrongful Termination of Financial Whistleblower

$175,000 PAGA settlement resort personnel 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 big box shop

$165,000 Wrongful termination and whistleblower

$165,000 For a car dealer manager 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 workers denied meal breaks, worked off-the-clock

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

$160,000 Auto car dealership sexual harassment by text message

$155,000 Whistle blower at building website

$153,000 Camarillo female demeaned due to her Christianity

$150,000 Sexual harassment to two 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 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 reinstate 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 Sexual harassment by a supervisor of an adult daycare program

$150,000 Job not held open during 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 employer would not permit 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 restore after FMLA

$135,000 Aerospace executive whistle blower

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

$127,500 Illegally required medical checkup negatively affecting a disabled staff member

$127,500 Wrongfully terminated chauffeur who grumbled his truck was hazardous

$127,450 Improper query about medical capabilities

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

$125,000 Minor sexual harassment

$125,000 Unwanted sexual advances at a junk 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 infractions

$125,000 Breach of agreement, unpaid salaries in the web market

$125,000 For staff member who stopped 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 company stopped paying the consented to sum

$120,000 Unpaid earnings for tow truck chauffeurs

$120,000 Sexually pestered upkeep supervisor by another male

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

$120,000 Racial Discrimination of a storage facility worker

$120,000 Male on male sexual harassment Unpaid salaries, 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 religious beliefs

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

$115,000 Sexual harassment of automobile saleswoman small unpaid commissions

$115,000 Sexual harassment of cars and truck saleswoman & minor unpaid commissions

$112,023 Wrongful termination of social employee during trial

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

$109,500 Unpaid prevailing incomes for 2 employees of a small business

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

$105,500 Sexual harassment of a lesbian aerospace employee by a guy who wished to turn her straight

$105,000 Overtime due computer professional

$105,000 Fired After Depression Leave

$103,145 Refusal to accommodate pregnant warehouse worker

$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 Unwanted sexual advances by dining establishment manager

$100,000 Termination of Mechanic's Employment in Violation of California Family Rights Act (California FMLA)

$100,000 Wrongful termination of ambulance driver who blew the whistle

$100,000 Fired Due to Age of FMLA Leave

No Results Found!

* Please be encouraged that previous outcomes are not a warranty nor forecast of future case results

THE CONTENT ON THIS WEBSITE IS ONLY INTENDED TO ASSOCIATE WITH CALIFORNIA LAW. THIS IS A WEBSITE FOR A CALIFORNIA LAW FIRM. DO NOT COUNT ON THIS WEBSITE FOR LEGAL ADVICE. LEGAL ADVICE IS BASED UPON THE SPECIFICS TO EACH CASE, AND INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES BETWEEN THE ATTORNEY AND CLIENT. IN ADDITION, THE LAW CONSTANTLY CHANGES AND THIS WEBSITE DOES NOT. BY READING THIS WEBSITE YOU ARE NOT FORMING AN ATTORNEY CLIENT RELATIONSHIP.