Los Angeles Employee Rights Lawyer

Navigating the legal aspects of work can be complex. This website provides an overview of some vital worker rights and resources to assist you comprehend your choices.

Understanding Your Employee Rights

As a staff member, you have specific legal protections in place to ensure a reasonable and safe work environment. These rights cover numerous elements of your employment, including:

Wage and Hour Lawyer: job You are entitled to be paid minimum wage for all hours worked, and overtime spend for going beyond a set number of hours weekly (generally 40). Meal and rest breaks might also be compensated depending on your place and job company.
Sexual Harassment: Sexual Harassment regrettably continues to effect people of all genders and gender identifications. The Employment Lawyers Group has actually attempted and handled many cases for males and females including unwanted sexual touching, sexual assault, sexual battery, quid professional quo sexual harassment done by managers, supervisors, and entrepreneur. Nowadays lots of unwanted sexual advances cases also include unwanted text messages and profane images sent out to cellular phones. Our work includes appeals concerning unwanted sexual advances and life changing settlements.
Discrimination and Harassment: Federal and state laws prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (consisting of pregnancy), national origin, special needs, age (40 or older), or genetic info. This includes security from harassment of any kind.
Reasonable Accommodation: If you have a recorded medical condition, your employer may be required to offer affordable lodgings to enable you to perform your task responsibilities. Examples consist of flexible work schedules, customized devices, or accessible offices. However, a lot of cases filed in court for employers refusing to fairly accommodate employees includes employers who fired a staff member for not returning 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 accommodations lots of companies do not correctly handle.
Workplace Safety: Your company has a legal obligation to offer a safe workplace devoid of acknowledged dangers. This consists of sticking to security policies and providing proper training for job workers.
Wrongful Termination: Wrongful termination is a whistle blower tort. If a worker complains about their employer doing something prohibited and they are ended that might be wrongful termination. Retaliation leading to a task termination is wrongful termination if it takes place since the worker exercised statutory legal rights and was struck back for exercising those rights. Examples include job terminations due to the staff member filing a wage claim, declining unwanted sexual advances, reporting a company to OSHA, internally complaining to management or declining to participate in illegal activities, taking a legally protected leave of absence for cancer, special needs, FMLA, or pregnancy. Firing an employee due to an immutable particular such as gender, race, or faith is likewise 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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Employment Lawyer For Workers Compensation

If you are hurt or ended up being ill due to your work, employee’s settlement benefits might be readily available to cover medical expenditures and lost earnings. However, employee’s compensation is the unique solution for the majority of workplace injuries, suggesting you generally can not sue your company straight.

There may be restricted exceptions where legal action versus a company is possible. Consulting with a work attorney is suggested to determine if your circumstance falls under among these exceptions, such as wrongful termination for submitting a wage claim or serious work environment security violations.

Disclaimer: This website supplies general info just and ought to not be interpreted as legal recommendations. If you have specific questions or concerns about your employment rights, it’s always best to speak with a qualified attorney.

Employment Lawyers Group Case Results (Some)

$18,402,868 Jury verdict for male aesthetically harassed and based on unrefined remarks by a female supervisor

$1,150,000 Unpaid commissions of 2 complainants

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

$775,000 For small class action of workers not enabled meal breaks or job cellular phone repayments while taking care of 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 employees 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 Sexual harassment at a filling station

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

$450,000 Settlement for 2 on-call workers

$450,000 Paystub violations

$450,000 Being on controlled standby

$430,000 Settlement in 2024 dollars for a Los Angeles warehouse employee required to breach her medical constraints imposed 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 penalties for less than 25

$350,000 To 2 employees in trip 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 worker

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

$350,000 For directional driller whose set rate bonus offers were not calculated into his overtime rate

$350,000 For 2 staff members in the vacation rental business who worked off-the-clock, on-call & PAGA

$350,000 For dominating wage and paystub itemizations

$315,000 Unwanted sexual advances of a lesbian lady by straight guy

$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 trouble shooters oncall at a significant medical facility

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

$300,000 Verdict of punitive damages in wrongful termination case due to staff member’s rejection to work without rest breaks

$300,000 Post trial verdict for wrongful termination settlement and small rest break infractions

$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 specialists 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 technicians not paid overtime

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

$250,000 For whistle-blower about overdue overtime

$246,000 Breach of fiduciary duty arbitration award including impairment 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 two kitchen workers sexually bugged

$225,000 Unwanted sexual advances by shop consumers

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

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

$205,000 For multiple plaintiffs

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

$200,000 For prevailing wage and FMLA violations

$200,000 For PAGA infractions and unwanted sexual advances

$200,000 Race Discrimination towards Latinos

$200,000 Acts of unwanted sexual advances by CEO

$200,000 For a worker 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 registered sex culprit

$193,250 Unwanted sexual advances by a sex offender

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

$190,000 Sexual harassment without a job termination

$185,857 Jewish attorney victimized 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 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 kitchens

$175,000 Failure to pay base pay

$175,000 Unpaid overtime of 2 limo drivers of a little business

$175,000 Minor concerns 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 shop

$165,000 Wrongful termination and whistleblower

$165,000 For a car dealership supervisor rejected baby 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 employees denied meal breaks, worked off-the-clock

$160,000 Unwanted sexual advances by supervisors of automobile lot

$160,000 Auto dealer sexual harassment by text

$155,000 Whistle blower at building and construction website

$153,000 Camarillo woman demeaned due to her Christianity

$150,000 Sexual harassment to two kitchen 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 special needs & 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 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 employee

$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 give up due to sexual harassment

$145,000 Settlement for a workplace manager whose Northridge employer would not allow 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 reinstate after FMLA

$135,000 Aerospace executive whistle blower

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

$127,500 Illegally required medical exam adversely impacting a handicapped staff member

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

$127,450 Improper questions about medical abilities

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

$125,000 Minor unwanted sexual advances

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

$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 violations

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

$125,000 For worker who stopped 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 company stopped paying the accepted sum

$120,000 Unpaid incomes for tow truck motorists

$120,000 Sexually bothered upkeep manager by another male

$120,000 Insurance professional 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 earnings, overtime, labor code section 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 profits)

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

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

$115,000 Unwanted sexual advances of cars and truck saleswoman small unsettled commissions

$115,000 Unwanted sexual advances of cars and truck saleswoman & minor overdue commissions

$112,023 Wrongful termination of social worker during trial

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

$109,500 Unpaid prevailing earnings for 2 staff members of a small company

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

$105,000 Fired After Depression Leave

$103,145 Refusal to accommodate pregnant storage facility worker

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

$100,000 Fired Due to Age of FMLA Leave

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