Employment
REPRESENTATIVES CASES
- Hotel hospitality worker sued a national staffing company and a major hotel as alleged joint employers for physical disability discrimination, harassment, retaliation and related claims.
- Claims for discrimination, failure to accommodate, wrongful termination, and related claims, brought by a delivery driver against his employer, a clothing manufacturer.
- Claims by ticketing agent against common carrier employer. Plaintiff claimed that she suffered from race-based favoritism and that she was ultimately terminated because of her race. Plaintiff’s claims included wage and hour and failure to provide required meal and rest breaks, individually, and under PAGA.
- Claims for discrimination, failure to accommodate, and related claims brought by an aerospace industry employee against his employer. Plaintiff alleged that he was fired due to his physical disability, and that his employer failed to offer reasonable accommodations, or engage in a good faith interactive process to determine reasonable accommodations.
- Claims for disability discrimination, failure to engage in the interactive process, failure to make reasonable accommodation, and related claims, brought by a senior wellness specialist against a major healthcare company.
- Claims for disability discrimination, failure to accommodate and wrongful termination brought by a heavy equipment mechanic who was terminated after returning to work after a medical leave of absence. The employer claimed that the employee was terminated as part of a reduction in force due to lack of work.
- Claims by four professional models against an ecommerce company for waiting time penalties under Labor Code section 203. The models were hired for photo shoots, and claimed that the circumstances indicated they were employees of the ecommerce company (and not independent contractors), and sought their daily rate of pay multiplied by the maximum 30 days waiting time penalties.
- Warehouse worker was terminated for alleged violations of the company’s workplace harassment policy, including inappropriate sexual comments and conduct toward his female supervisor and others. The employee claimed that the company had a discriminatory motive to fire him based on the fact that he was a disabled veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental/emotional conditions.
- Wage and hour claims by printing industry worker who alleged he was misclassified as an independent contractor, underpaid, and terminated for complaining of unlawful wage practices.
- Wage and hour claims brought by solar panel installer against solar panel installation company.
- Claims for wage and hour and related claims brought by a textile designer against a clothing manufacturing company. At issue was whether plaintiff was an exempt or non-exempt employee.
- Claims for sexual harassment and wage and hour claims brought by a supermarket cashier against her direct supervisor and employer. The supervisor alleged that the sexual relationship was consensual.
- Wage and hour claims brought by a restaurant worker who asserted that her employer misclassified her as exempt from overtime, and rest and meal breaks.
- Claims for disability discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, and related claims by a warehouse worker who processed customer returns of electronic devices. Plaintiff alleged that she was a 10-year employee who was terminated after a post-surgery leave of absence. Defendant asserted that plaintiff was laid off because there was not enough work related to the employee’s main duty to justify the position.
- Claim by a professional model against a clothing company for waiting time penalties under Labor Code section 203. The model was hired for a photo shoot, and claimed that the circumstances indicated she was an employee of the clothing company (and not an independent contractor), and sought her daily rate of pay multiplied by the maximum 30 days waiting time penalties.
- Claims by department supervisor against a large grocery store chain for wages due, overtime compensation, failure to provide meal and rest breaks, failure to provide itemized wage statements, waiting time penalties, and unfair competition.
- Claims by a strategic account executive (salesperson) against a global automotive industry company for unfair competition arising out of a non-competition agreement, violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, overtime wages, whistleblower retaliation, and wrongful termination.
- Claims for disability discrimination, failure to accommodate disability, failure to engage in an interactive process, failure to prevent discrimination, and wrongful termination brought by an employee in the garment industry.
- Claims for age and disability discrimination, failure to provide accommodations, failure to engage in interactive process, and wrongful termination.
- Fraud claims by a company against former employees who formed sham companies to sell products to their employer-company at a marked-up price and diverted money to their own accounts.
- Wage and hour claims by multiple plaintiffs against multi-state plumbing company.
- Wrongful termination and related claims after plaintiff was terminated from his position as a safety coordinator after a leave of absence.
- Claims for overtime, meal and rest break violations, retaliation, PAGA claims, and pay stub violations.
- Claims for wage and hour, meal and rest breaks, and reimbursement of business expenses.
- Claims for sexual harassment and related claims by employee against agricultural company and direct supervisor.
- Claim by university professor for back-pay under collective bargaining agreement.
- Claims of wrongful termination, overtime, and meal and rest breaks.
- Sexual harassment, wrongful termination, and retaliation claims.
- Sexual harassment and related claims by actress against the CEO of a clothing company who allegedly harassed her while she modeled clothes for his company at a fashion trade show.
- Gender discrimination claim by an electrical worker who was allegedly harassed and fired after transitioning sex to female.
- Claims for sexual harassment and related claims by employee against agricultural company and direct supervisor.
- Wrongful termination and related claims arising from termination of an area supervisor working in the oil and gas industry.
- Pregnancy discrimination claim by a waitress whose employer allegedly blocked her return to work after a leave of absence.
- Disability discrimination case with issue concerning whether corporation was liable as a successor company/employer.
- Wrongful termination, retaliation, and other claims by a pest control employee who was fired after suffering a panic attack at work.
- Wrongful termination of supervisor at a food distribution company.
- Claims for alleged misclassification of non-exempt employees.
- Action for alleged inaccurate wage statements and failure to pay for meal and rest breaks.
- Claim by university professor for back-pay under collective bargaining agreement.
- Multiple plaintiff case for wrongful termination, wage and hour, and related employment claims.
- Claims for wage and hour, overtime, and meal and rest breaks.
- CFO was removed from the Board and asked to leave company. Settlement of exit from company and exit package regarding compensation and benefits.
- Claim for wrongful termination and related claims for employee fired while on medical leave of absence.
- Pregnancy discrimination and wrongful termination for not hiring back after leave of absence.
- Claims for sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation by a nurse against a skilled nursing facility.
- Wrongful termination based on alleged retaliation regarding complaints for unsafe workplace.
- Wrongful termination and discrimination based on gender and disability.
- Claims regarding improper pay statements, meal breaks, and rest breaks.
