You rely on your work for fulfillment, to support you and your family, and to work toward your long-term financial goals. When unlawful activity in the workplace gets in the way, the consequences can be severe. Everyone deserves a fair chance to succeed in their chosen profession and our team of employment lawyers is proud to bring over 300 years of combined experience in protecting employees from illegal employer conduct. Our priority is ensuring that everyone can have a work experience free from discrimination, harassment, wage and hour violations, and wrongful termination. We understand that people rely on their jobs to support themselves and their families, and it is a severe injustice when companies take advantage of employees and infringe on their legal rights.
Our team of employment lawyers has advocated for countless professionals who suffered the consequences of unlawful actions in the workplace. Experiencing unlawful activities at the hands of your employer can be disheartening and may leave you feeling helpless. The power dynamics at play in any workplace put employees in vulnerable positions that can make resisting unlawful activity complex and often impossible. Our team is here to help – contact us today to learn more about your options.
What are the different types of employment lawsuits?
Our team of employment lawyers has extensive experience in a wide range of lawsuits. We are trial lawyers who specialize in complex cases – we take pride in the many positive verdicts and settlements we have been able to secure for our deserving clients. Most often, our work on employment lawsuits concerns instances of:
- Sexual Misconduct in the Workplace. These cases arise in instances of sexual harassment, assault, and other sexual misconduct offenses.
- Workplace Discrimination. Discrimination in the workplace is serious and complex to identify. Our team is currently litigating several workplace discrimination cases.
- Wrongful Termination. Wrongful termination can occur for a wide variety of reasons and can be difficult to identify without the help of an attorney.
- Wage and Hour Violations. Most often pursued as a class action, wage and hour violations can take a wide variety of forms but broadly entail when people are not fairly paid for their work.
- Meal & Rest Break Violations and Overtime Violations. Similarly most often pursued as a class action, these violations occur when employees do not receive the rest and meal breaks required under California law.
Our firm has recovered well over 1.5 billion dollars for our deserving clients. Negligent employers often rely on the ignorance of their employees to commit unlawful actions – our employment attorneys are committed to holding them accountable. We know that in a workplace where the law is being violated, it can feel like you are outnumbered and overpowered, but the law and the employment lawyers at Arias Sanguinetti are on your side. We have seen firsthand the financial relief and vindication that justice can bring – contact us today.
What are protected classes?
Workplace discrimination lies at the heart of many employment lawsuits. It is important to understand what constitutes employment discrimination – recognizing it can be a powerful first step toward securing justice. Workplace discrimination laws rely on the concept of protected classes. Protected classes are groups of people who are legally protected from discrimination based on specific characteristics or identity factors such as:
- Race.
- Color.
- Religion.
- Sex.
- Gender Identity.
- Sexual Orientation.
- National Origin.
- Age.
- Disability.
- Genetic Information.
- Marital Status.
- Veteran Status.
While this is not an exhaustive list, it is also important to recognize that not every personal factor makes you a member of a protected class. For example, vaccination status is not a protected class factor. To learn more about discrimination in the workplace and how our team of employment lawyers can help, contact us today.
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What is an at-will state?
Retaliation is a common form of unlawful behavior by employers. It is illegal and can take several forms, including termination when employers fire employees for reporting unlawful activity. When you suffer a retaliatory termination, you will likely be reminded that California is an at-will state and your employer can terminate you without cause. This is a misinterpretation of at-will and likely qualifies you for financial compensation.
At-will employment can be interpreted as the opposite of contractual employment – there is no strict term of contract and both employer and employee may terminate the relationship at any time for any reason. In practice, this means that a 2-week notice is a courtesy rather than a requirement and no-notice firings are permitted. Unfortunately, at-will laws are often wrongfully cited as the rationale for illegal firings or other activities on the part of negligent employers.
Employment law is complex and employers know this. It is extremely difficult to take action against a negligent employer without an employment lawyer by your side. With the team of employment lawyers at Arias Sanguinetti supporting you, you will have a strong chance at securing justice and the financial compensation you deserve. Contact us today.
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