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Navigating the legal elements of work can be complex. This webpage provides an overview of some necessary employee rights and resources to assist you understand your .

Understanding Your Employee Rights

As an employee, you have particular legal protections in place 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 minimum wage for all hours worked, and overtime pay for surpassing a set number of hours each week (typically 40). Meal and rest breaks might likewise be compensated depending upon your place and company. Sexual Harassment: Unwanted sexual advances unfortunately continues to effect people of all genders and gender identifications. The Employment Lawyers Group has actually tried and dealt with many cases for males and females including undesirable sexual touching, sexual attack, sexual battery, quid pro quo unwanted sexual advances done by supervisors, supervisors, and company owner. Nowadays lots of unwanted sexual advances cases also include unwanted text and obscene photos sent to mobile phones. Our work consists of appeals worrying unwanted sexual advances and life changing settlements. Discrimination and Harassment: Federal and state laws prohibit discrimination based upon race, color, religion, sex (consisting of pregnancy), nationwide origin, disability, age (40 or older), or hereditary details. This includes protection from harassment of any kind. Reasonable Accommodation: If you have a documented medical condition, your company might be required to supply affordable lodgings to enable you to perform your job duties. Examples consist of versatile work schedules, modified devices, or available work spaces. However, many cases submitted in court for companies refusing to fairly accommodate workers includes companies who fired a worker for not coming back to work when they are out on a special needs, FMLA, or job pregnancy leave. Allowing time off for an employee's medical condition and treatment are fundamental affordable accommodations lots of companies do not effectively deal with. Workplace Safety: Your company has a legal obligation to supply a safe workplace complimentary from recognized threats. This includes adhering to security guidelines and supplying correct training for workers. Wrongful Termination: Wrongful termination is a whistle blower tort. If a staff member grumbles about their employer doing something prohibited and they are terminated that may be wrongful termination. Retaliation resulting in a task termination is wrongful termination if it takes place due to the fact that the staff member worked out statutory legal rights and was struck back for exercising 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 illegal activities, taking a lawfully protected leave of lack for cancer, impairment, FMLA, or pregnancy. Firing a worker due to an immutable particular such as gender, race, or faith is likewise wrongful termination. Wrongful discharge IS NOT about unfair task terminations workers do not agree with that do not involve 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 settlement advantages may be offered to cover medical expenses and lost salaries. However, employee's settlement is the special solution for a lot of workplace injuries, indicating you usually can not sue your company straight.

There might be limited exceptions where legal action versus an employer is possible. Consulting with a work legal representative is recommended to figure out if your scenario falls under among these exceptions, such as wrongful termination for filing a wage claim or extreme office safety offenses.

Disclaimer: This website provides general details only and should not be construed as legal suggestions. If you have particular concerns or issues about your work rights, it's constantly best to speak with a certified lawyer.

Employment Lawyers Group Case Results (Some)

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

$1,150,000 Unpaid commissions of 2 plaintiffs

$875,000 For 4 oil field service industry employees 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 specialists

$775,000 For little class action of staff members not allowed meal breaks or mobile phone compensations while looking after reliant adults

$750,000 Disability discrimination settlement for worker 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 rig workers

$490,000 For sex and age discrimination of ladies

$465,000 Sexual harassment at a gasoline station

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

$450,000 Settlement for 2 on-call employees

$450,000 Paystub offenses

$450,000 Being on controlled standby

$430,000 Settlement in 2024 dollars for a Los Angeles warehouse employee forced to break her medical restrictions imposed by pregnancy

$400,000 Recovery following arbitration win for 4 employees 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 employees

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

$365,000 Unwanted sexual advances of a shipment chauffeur

$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 staff members, and PAGA charges for less than 25

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

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

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

$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 vacation rental business 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 Unwanted sexual advances of a pizza shipment motorist

$307,345 For 2 medical facility staff members oncall

$305,000 Wrongful termination of 2 sales people

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

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

$300,000 Verdict of compensatory damages in wrongful termination case due to employee'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 professionals at a radio/television station

$270,000 Unwanted sexual advances & 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 specialists not paid overtime

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

$250,000 For whistle-blower about overdue overtime

$246,000 Breach of fiduciary task arbitration award including special needs 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 area employees sexually pestered

$225,000 Sexual harassment by shop customers

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

$205,000 Unpaid earnings, overtime, labor code section 2699 penalties- arbitration award for numerous complainants

$205,000 For several plaintiffs

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

$200,000 For prevailing wage and FMLA infractions

$200,000 For PAGA infractions 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 problems & grievances of discrimination

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

$195,000 For Whistle Blower

$193,500 Sexual Harassment by a signed up sex offender

$193,250 Unwanted sexual advances by a sex culprit

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

$190,000 Sexual harassment without a job termination

$185,857 Jewish lawyer victimized due to faith

$185,000 For sexual harassment of a female 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 kitchen areas

$175,000 Failure to pay minimum wage

$175,000 Unpaid overtime of 2 limo chauffeurs of a small company

$175,000 Minor concerns of pregnancy discrimination in junk 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 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 home owner's Association

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

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

$160,000 Auto dealer sexual harassment by text message

$155,000 Whistle blower at building and construction site

$153,000 Camarillo female demeaned due to her Christianity

$150,000 Unwanted sexual advances to 2 cooking area workers at a resort

$150,000 Race harassment at an oil refinery

$150,000 Wrongful termination of social employee reporting client 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 facility 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 employee

$150,000 Sexual harassment by a manager of an adult day care program

$150,000 Job not held open during cancer treatment

$150,000 CNA complained about rats

$150,000 Forced to give up due to sexual harassment

$145,000 Settlement for a workplace supervisor whose Northridge employer would not enable her to depart 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 claim

$127,500 Illegally required medical examination adversely affecting a handicapped staff member

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

$127,450 Improper questions about medical abilities

$125,450 Retail sales supervisor ended after grumbling about national 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 therapist

$125,000 Pregnancy discrimination case & wrongful termination -

$125,000 Wrongful termination

$125,000 Wrongful termination & minor labor code infractions

$125,000 Breach of agreement, unsettled earnings in the web industry

$125,000 For staff member 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 salaries for tow truck motorists

$120,000 Sexually bugged maintenance manager 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 incomes, overtime, labor code area 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 earnings)

$115,616 Signal Hill Hindu teased due to his religion

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

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

$115,000 Unwanted sexual advances of automobile saleswoman & small unpaid commissions

$112,023 Wrongful termination of social employee during trial

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

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

$107,500 Wrongfully terminated security manager who let his subordinates understand 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 expert

$105,000 Fired After Depression Leave

$103,145 Refusal to accommodate pregnant storage facility employee

$102,500 Family Care Leave Act violations & termination ($20,000 loss of earnings)

$102,500 Sexual harassment of a janitor

$102,500 Unwanted sexual advances of a waitress (no termination involved)

$101,500 Sexual harassment of a janitor

$100,850 Sexual harassment 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

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* Please be advised that previous results are not a guaranty nor forecast of future case results

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