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

Understanding Your Employee Rights

As an employee, you have particular legal securities in location to ensure a fair and safe work environment. These rights cover numerous aspects of your employment, including:

Wage and Hour Lawyer: You are entitled to be paid base pay for all hours worked, employment and overtime pay for surpassing a set number of hours weekly (normally 40). Meal and rest breaks might likewise be compensated depending upon your location and company. Sexual Harassment: Sexual Harassment sadly continues to effect people of all genders and gender recognitions. The Employment Lawyers Group has actually attempted and managed numerous cases for males and females including unwanted sexual touching, sexual assault, sexual battery, quid professional quo sexual harassment done by supervisors, managers, and entrepreneur. These days many sexual harassment cases likewise involve unwanted text and profane photos sent to mobile phones. Our work includes appeals worrying unwanted sexual advances and life altering settlements. Discrimination and Harassment: Federal and state laws forbid discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (consisting of pregnancy), nationwide origin, special needs, age (40 or older), or hereditary info. This consists of protection from harassment of any kind. Reasonable Accommodation: If you have a documented medical condition, your company might be needed to provide affordable lodgings to enable you to perform your job tasks. Examples consist of flexible work schedules, modified devices, or accessible work spaces. However, many cases submitted in court for employers refusing to reasonably accommodate staff members involves companies who fired a staff member for not coming back to work when they are out on a special needs, FMLA, or pregnancy leave. Allowing time off for a staff member's medical condition and treatment are basic sensible lodgings numerous employers do not appropriately deal with. Workplace Safety: Your company has a legal responsibility to provide a safe workplace devoid of recognized dangers. This consists of adhering to security regulations and providing proper training for employees. Wrongful Termination: Wrongful termination is a whistle blower tort. If a worker complains about their employer doing something illegal and they are ended that may be wrongful termination. Retaliation leading to a task termination is wrongful termination if it occurs due to the fact that the employee worked out statutory legal rights and was struck back for exercising those rights. Examples include task terminations due to the worker submitting a wage claim, refusing unwanted sexual advances, reporting a company to OSHA, internally complaining to management or declining to take part in prohibited activities, taking a legally secured leave of lack for cancer, impairment, 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 one of the above.

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Employment Lawyer For Workers Compensation

If you are hurt or ended up being ill due to your work, worker's payment advantages may be offered to cover medical expenditures and lost earnings. However, employee's settlement is the exclusive treatment for many workplace injuries, implying you typically can not sue your company directly.

There may be restricted exceptions where legal action against an employer is possible. Consulting with an employment attorney is suggested to figure out if your circumstance falls under one of these exceptions, such as wrongful termination for filing a wage claim or severe office safety offenses.

Disclaimer: This webpage provides general information just and ought to not be interpreted as legal guidance. If you have specific questions or issues about your employment rights, it's constantly best to seek advice from a certified attorney.

Employment Lawyers Group Case Results (Some)

$18,402,868 Jury verdict for male visually pestered and subject to 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 recorded on timesheets and were on-call

$800,000 Controlled stand by class action settlement

$800,000 For mis-classified independent specialists

$775,000 For little class action of workers not enabled meal breaks or cellular phone reimbursements while caring for reliant adults

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

$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 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 Unwanted sexual advances at a gas station

$460,000 Unpaid hours of work for security officers & 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 warehouse 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 5 workers

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

$365,000 Unwanted sexual advances of a shipment 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 vacation rental company working off-the-clock overtime

$350,000 Due to fixed reward pay not figured into overtime for a directional driller

$350,000 For regulated standby and employment overtime for one worker

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

$350,000 For directional driller whose set rate perks were not determined into his overtime rate

$350,000 For 2 workers in the trip 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 woman by straight guy

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

$307,345 For 2 health center workers oncall

$305,000 Wrongful termination of 2 sales people

$305,000 For 2 IT difficulty shooters oncall at a significant healthcare facility

$302,000 Controlled standby spend for 2 telecommunication workers 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 minor 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 2 professionals at a radio/television station

$270,000 Unwanted sexual advances & work termination

$260,000 For controlled 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 technician on-call and small PAGA group

$250,000 For whistle-blower about unsettled overtime

$246,000 Breach of fiduciary responsibility arbitration award involving 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 store clients

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

$205,000 Unpaid incomes, overtime, labor code area 2699 penalties- arbitration award for several complainants

$205,000 For multiple plaintiffs

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

$200,000 For prevailing wage and FMLA violations

$200,000 For PAGA violations 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 problems & problems 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 signed up sex culprit

$193,250 Sexual harassment by a sex wrongdoer

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

$190,000 Unwanted sexual advances without a job termination

$185,857 Jewish lawyer discriminated versus due to faith

$185,000 For sexual harassment of a female 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 worker

$180,000 Controlled standby pay

$175,000 Unwanted sexual advances lawsuit

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

$175,000 Failure to pay base pay

$175,000 Unpaid overtime of 2 limousine chauffeurs of a little business

$175,000 Minor issues of pregnancy discrimination in junk 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 huge box shop

$165,000 Wrongful termination and whistleblower

$165,000 For an automobile dealer supervisor denied infant bonding and CFRA Leave

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

$162,000 Sexual harassment at a homeowner'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 building website

$153,000 Camarillo female demeaned due to her Christianity

$150,000 Unwanted sexual advances to 2 kitchen 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 disability & 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 Sexual harassment of an eight-teen year old dining establishment employee

$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 grumbled about rats

$150,000 Forced to quit due to sexual harassment

$145,000 Settlement for an office supervisor whose Northridge employer would not permit her to take leave 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 renew after FMLA

$135,000 Aerospace executive whistle blower

$130,000 Employee fired for declining to falsify records in suit

$127,500 Illegally needed medical checkup adversely affecting a disabled worker

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

$127,450 Improper query about medical capabilities

$125,450 Retail sales manager ended after complaining about national origin harassment by colleague

$125,000 Minor unwanted sexual advances

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

$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 violations

$125,000 Breach of contract, overdue wages in the web market

$125,000 For employee who stopped after being misclassified and not getting overtime.

$125,000 Pregnancy discrimination & termination

$125,000 Non-payment of incomes to CEO

$125,000 Age discrimination during layoff

$125,000 High tech company stopped paying the accepted sum

$120,000 Unpaid earnings for tow truck chauffeurs

$120,000 Sexually bothered upkeep supervisor by another male

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

$120,000 Racial Discrimination of a warehouse worker

$120,000 Male on male unwanted sexual advances Unpaid wages, 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 revenues)

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

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

$115,000 Unwanted sexual advances of vehicle saleswoman small overdue commissions

$115,000 Sexual harassment of automobile saleswoman & small unsettled commissions

$112,023 Wrongful termination of social employee during trial

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

$109,500 Unpaid prevailing salaries for 2 employees of a little company

$107,500 Wrongfully ended 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 guy who wanted 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 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 Sexual harassment 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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* Please be recommended that past outcomes are not a warranty nor forecast of future case results

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