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Navigating the legal aspects of employment can be intricate. This web page offers an introduction of some essential employee rights and resources to assist you comprehend your choices.

Understanding Your Employee Rights

As an employee, you have specific legal securities in place to ensure a and safe work environment. These rights cover numerous aspects of your employment, consisting of:

Wage and Hour Lawyer: You are entitled to be paid minimum wage for all hours worked, and overtime spend for exceeding a set variety of hours per week (normally 40). Meal and rest breaks might also be compensated depending upon your area and company. Sexual Harassment: Sexual Harassment sadly continues to effect individuals of all genders and gender identifications. The Employment Lawyers Group has actually attempted and managed numerous cases for men and women involving unwanted sexual touching, sexual assault, sexual battery, quid pro quo sexual harassment done by supervisors, supervisors, and service owners. Nowadays many sexual harassment cases likewise involve undesirable text and obscene photos sent out to cellphones. Our work includes appeals concerning sexual harassment and life altering settlements. Discrimination and Harassment: Federal and state laws forbid discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (consisting of pregnancy), nationwide origin, disability, 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 employer may be required to offer affordable accommodations to enable you to perform your job responsibilities. Examples include flexible work schedules, modified equipment, or available work spaces. However, a lot of cases submitted in court for companies refusing to reasonably accommodate staff members involves companies who fired a staff member for not returning to work when they are out on a disability, FMLA, or pregnancy leave. Allowing time off for a staff member's medical condition and treatment are essential reasonable lodgings lots of employers do not appropriately deal with. Workplace Safety: Your employer has a legal responsibility to provide a safe work environment devoid of recognized hazards. This consists of adhering to security policies and supplying correct training for workers. Wrongful Termination: Wrongful termination is a whistle blower tort. If a staff member complains about their company doing something prohibited and they are terminated that might be wrongful termination. Retaliation leading to a job termination is wrongful termination if it happens because the employee worked out statutory legal rights and was struck back for working out those rights. Examples consist of task terminations due to the worker filing a wage claim, refusing unwanted sexual advances, reporting an employer to OSHA, internally grumbling to management or refusing to take part in unlawful activities, taking a lawfully safeguarded leave of lack for cancer, impairment, FMLA, or pregnancy. Firing an employee due to an immutable particular such as gender, race, or religious beliefs is likewise wrongful termination. Wrongful discharge IS NOT about unfair task terminations workers do not concur with that do not include among the above.

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Employment Lawyer For Workers Compensation

If you are hurt or become ill due to your work, employee's compensation benefits may be offered to cover medical expenses and lost earnings. However, worker's compensation is the unique solution for the majority of workplace injuries, implying you usually can not sue your company straight.

There might be limited exceptions where legal action against an employer is possible. Consulting with an employment attorney is recommended to figure out if your scenario falls under one of these exceptions, such as wrongful termination for filing a wage claim or serious work environment safety violations.

Disclaimer: This website provides general info just and should not be construed as legal recommendations. If you have specific questions or issues about your employment rights, it's always best to consult with a qualified attorney.

Employment Lawyers Group Case Results (Some)

$18,402,868 Jury verdict for male visually bothered and subject to crude remarks by a female supervisor

$1,150,000 Unpaid commissions of 2 complainants

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

$800,000 Controlled wait class action settlement

$800,000 For mis-classified independent professionals

$775,000 For little class action of staff members not enabled meal breaks or cellular phone repayments while looking after 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 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 rig workers

$490,000 For sex and age discrimination of women

$465,000 Unwanted sexual advances at a gas 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 warehouse employee forced to breach her medical restrictions imposed by pregnancy

$400,000 Recovery following arbitration win for 4 workers 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 Sexual harassment of a shipment 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 penalties for less than 25

$350,000 To 2 workers in holiday 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 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 benefits were not calculated into his overtime rate

$350,000 For 2 employees in the vacation 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 man

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

$307,345 For 2 health center workers oncall

$305,000 Wrongful termination of 2 sales individuals

$305,000 For 2 IT difficulty shooters oncall at a major medical facility

$302,000 Controlled standby pay for 2 telecommunication employees in a healthcare facility

$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 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 base pay, 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 regulated stand by pay

$260,000 For unwanted sexual advances in a grocery store

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

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

$250,000 For whistle-blower about unpaid overtime

$246,000 Breach of fiduciary task arbitration award involving impairment 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 2 kitchen employees sexually bugged

$225,000 Unwanted sexual advances by shop consumers

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

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

$205,000 For animeportal.cl several complainants

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

$200,000 For prevailing wage and FMLA violations

$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 problems & 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 transgressor

$193,250 Unwanted sexual advances by a sex offender

$190,000 Sexual Harassment in the medical coding market

$190,000 Unwanted sexual advances without a task termination

$185,857 Jewish lawyer discriminated versus due to religious beliefs

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

$182,500 Fired throughout 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 Sexual harassment 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 base pay

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

$175,000 Minor issues of pregnancy discrimination in junk food restaurant, lack 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 store

$165,000 Wrongful termination and whistleblower

$165,000 For a cars and truck dealer manager denied baby bonding and CFRA Leave

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

$162,000 Unwanted sexual advances at a home owner's Association

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

$160,000 Sexual harassment by managers of car lot

$160,000 Auto dealer 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 two cooking area workers at a resort

$150,000 Race harassment at an oil refinery

$150,000 Wrongful termination of social worker reporting client 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 sales representative with cancer

$150,000 Settlement for failure to restore 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 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 stop due to unwanted sexual advances

$145,000 Settlement for an office supervisor 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 renew after FMLA

$135,000 Aerospace executive whistle blower

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

$127,500 Illegally required medical examination adversely impacting a disabled employee

$127,500 Wrongfully ended driver who grumbled his truck was unsafe

$127,450 Improper questions about medical capabilities

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

$125,000 Minor unwanted sexual advances

$125,000 Unwanted sexual advances at a quick food restaurant

$125,000 Sexual harassment of a drug therapist

$125,000 Pregnancy discrimination case & wrongful termination -

$125,000 Wrongful termination

$125,000 Wrongful termination & minor labor code infractions

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

$125,000 For worker who quit after being misclassified and not receiving 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 wages for tow truck chauffeurs

$120,000 Sexually bugged upkeep manager by another male

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

$120,000 Racial Discrimination of a storage facility worker

$120,000 Male on male unwanted sexual advances Unpaid incomes, 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 worker in binding arbitration

$117,500 Pregnancy discrimination & termination ($24,000 loss of incomes)

$115,616 Signal Hill Hindu teased due to his religious beliefs

$115,000 Pregnancy discrimination & termination of customer care staff member

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

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

$112,023 Wrongful termination of social worker during trial

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

$109,500 Unpaid dominating incomes for 2 workers of a small business

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

$105,500 Unwanted sexual advances of a lesbian aerospace employee by a male who wanted 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 infractions & termination ($20,000 loss of revenues)

$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 dining establishment 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 warranty nor prediction of future case results

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