Los Angeles Employee Rights Lawyer

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


Understanding Your Employee Rights


As a staff member, you have certain legal securities in place to guarantee a fair and employment safe work environment. These rights cover various elements of your employment, consisting of:


Wage and Hour Lawyer: You are entitled to be paid minimum wage for all hours worked, and overtime pay for exceeding a set number of hours weekly (normally 40). Meal and rest breaks might also be compensated depending upon your place and company.
Unwanted Sexual Advances: Sexual Harassment unfortunately continues to effect individuals of all genders and gender identifications. The Employment Lawyers Group has attempted and managed lots of cases for males and females involving undesirable sexual touching, sexual attack, sexual battery, quid pro quo sexual harassment done by supervisors, managers, and company owners. Nowadays many unwanted sexual advances cases also include undesirable text and profane photos sent out to cellphones. Our work consists of appeals concerning sexual harassment and life altering settlements.
Discrimination and Harassment: Federal and state laws prohibit discrimination based upon race, color, religious beliefs, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, special needs, age (40 or older), or genetic information. 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 sensible accommodations to allow you to perform your task duties. Examples include versatile work schedules, customized devices, or accessible work areas. However, most cases filed in court for employers declining to fairly accommodate workers includes employers who fired an employee for not returning to work when they are out on an impairment, FMLA, or pregnancy leave. Allowing time off for a staff member's medical condition and treatment are basic sensible lodgings numerous companies do not properly deal with.
Workplace Safety: Your company has a legal duty to offer a safe workplace devoid of acknowledged hazards. This consists of sticking to security guidelines and offering correct training for employees.
Wrongful Termination: Wrongful termination is a whistle blower tort. If a worker grumbles about their company doing something illegal and they are terminated that might be wrongful termination. Retaliation leading to a task termination is wrongful termination if it takes place because the employee exercised statutory legal rights and was retaliated for working out those rights. Examples consist of job terminations due to the worker 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 secured leave of lack for cancer, disability, employment FMLA, or pregnancy. Firing an employee due to an immutable particular such as gender, race, or faith is also wrongful termination. Wrongful discharge IS NOT about unjust task terminations staff members do not agree with that do not include one of the above.


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


Employment Lawyer For Workers Compensation


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


There might be restricted exceptions where legal action against a company is possible. Consulting with a work attorney is advised to determine if your circumstance falls under among these exceptions, such as wrongful termination for submitting a wage claim or serious workplace safety offenses.


Disclaimer: This website supplies basic information just and must not be interpreted as legal suggestions. If you have specific questions or issues about your work 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 harassed and subject to crude remarks by a female manager


$1,150,000 Unpaid commissions of 2 plaintiffs


$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 stand by class action settlement


$800,000 For mis-classified independent professionals


$775,000 For little class action of employees not enabled meal breaks or employment cell phone compensations while caring for dependent grownups


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


$750,000 Sub-Minimum wage class action settlement


$675,000 Unwanted sexual advances 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 women


$465,000 Unwanted sexual advances at a filling station


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


$450,000 Settlement for 2 on-call employees


$450,000 Paystub infractions


$450,000 Being on controlled standby


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


$400,000 Recovery following arbitration win for 4 staff members 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 staff members


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


$365,000 Sexual harassment of a shipment driver


$365,000 After accused lost their appeal - pregnancy case - Jury Trial


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


$350,000 To 2 workers in vacation rental organization working off-the-clock overtime


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


$350,000 For controlled standby and overtime for one staff member


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


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


$350,000 For 2 workers in the trip rental company 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 Sexual harassment of a pizza delivery chauffeur


$307,345 For 2 hospital employees oncall


$305,000 Wrongful termination of 2 sales individuals


$305,000 For 2 IT problem shooters oncall at a major healthcare facility


$302,000 Controlled standby pay for 2 telecommunication employees in a health center


$300,000 Verdict of compensatory damages in wrongful termination case due to worker's rejection to work without rest breaks


$300,000 Post trial decision for wrongful termination settlement and small 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 two service technicians at a radio/television station


$270,000 Sexual harassment & employment 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 professional on-call 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 sexual harassment won at a binding arbitration


$225,000 Unwanted sexual advances of a Waitress (No Termination Involved)


$225,000 For two cooking area employees sexually bugged


$225,000 Unwanted sexual advances by store clients


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


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


$205,000 For multiple plaintiffs


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


$200,000 For dominating 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 a worker fired due to medical issues & grievances of discrimination


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


$195,000 For Whistle Blower


$193,500 Unwanted sexual advances by a signed up sex culprit


$193,250 Unwanted sexual advances by a sex offender


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


$190,000 Unwanted sexual advances without a job termination


$185,857 Jewish attorney discriminated against due to religious beliefs


$185,000 For unwanted sexual advances 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 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 limo motorists of a small 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 staff who worked off-the-clock


$174,250 Missed meal and rest breaks


$170,000 Off the clock work by nonexempt administrator employment at non-profit


$166,250 Racial harassment at a huge box shop


$165,000 Wrongful termination and whistleblower


$165,000 For an automobile dealership manager denied baby bonding and CFRA Leave


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


$162,000 Sexual harassment at a home owner's Association


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


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


$160,000 Auto dealer unwanted sexual advances by text message


$155,000 Whistle blower at construction website


$153,000 Camarillo woman demeaned due to her Christianity


$150,000 Sexual harassment to 2 kitchen employees at a resort


$150,000 Race harassment at an oil refinery


$150,000 Wrongful termination of social employee reporting client 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 renew after maternity leave


$150,000 Cancer discrimination & termination of waitress Wrongful Termination of Site Manager


$150,000 Unwanted sexual advances of an eight-teen year old 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 grumbled about rats


$150,000 Forced to stop due to sexual harassment


$145,000 Settlement for an office supervisor whose Northridge company 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 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 checkup negatively affecting 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 complaining about nationwide origin harassment by colleague


$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 & small labor code offenses


$125,000 Breach of contract, unpaid incomes in the web industry


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


$125,000 Pregnancy discrimination & termination


$125,000 Non-payment of salaries to CEO


$125,000 Age discrimination throughout layoff


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


$120,000 Unpaid incomes for tow truck drivers


$120,000 Sexually pestered maintenance supervisor by another male


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


$120,000 Racial Discrimination of a warehouse employee


$120,000 Male on male sexual harassment Unpaid salaries, 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 revenues)


$115,616 Signal Hill Hindu made fun of due to his religious beliefs


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


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


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


$112,023 Wrongful termination of social employee throughout trial


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


$109,500 Unpaid prevailing salaries for 2 workers of a small company


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


$105,500 Unwanted sexual advances of a lesbian aerospace employee by a male who desired to turn her straight


$105,000 Overtime due computer system 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 Sexual harassment of a waitress (no termination included)


$101,500 Unwanted sexual advances of a janitor


$100,850 Unwanted sexual advances by 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


No Results Found!


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


THE CONTENT ON THIS WEBSITE IS ONLY INTENDED TO RELATE TO CALIFORNIA LAW.
THIS IS A SITE FOR A CALIFORNIA LAW OFFICE.
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.