Case Results

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$2.95M

Retaliation for Complaints About Discrimination

Retaliation for Complaints About Discrimination

Confidential settlement for a manager fired for objecting to race discrimination the manager faced from co-workers.

$1.6M

Unpaid Overtime/Commissions

Unpaid Overtime/Commissions

Confidential settlement for a sales manager deprived of earned commissions and overtime wages.

$750K

Sex Discrimination

Sex Discrimination

Confidential settlement for a vice president subject to sex discrimination, including hundreds of thousands in unpaid bonuses paid to male peers.

$600K

Retaliation for Opposing Discrimination

Retaliation for Opposing Discrimination

Confidential settlement for an employee fired after objecting to another manager’s discrimination of a co-worker.

$585K

Unpaid Commissions

Unpaid Commissions

Confidential settlement for an employee deprived of earned commissions.

$539K

Whistleblower Retaliation

Whistleblower Retaliation

Judgment against a company for an employee who opposed its illegal payroll practices and was fired for her opposition.

$475K

Whistleblower Retaliation

Whistleblower Retaliation

Confidential settlement for a car sales manager opposing the dealership’s use of unlicensed sales personnel.

$445K

Fraud

Fraud

Judgment against a company that hired an executive to start its West coast operations and then fired her for false reasons and never paid her earned wages.

$425K

Whistleblower Retaliation

Whistleblower Retaliation

Confidential settlement for an executive fired for objecting to illegal accounting practices.

$425K

Disability Retaliation

Disability Retaliation

Confidential settlement for a 20+ year employee fired for requesting one more week of disability leave.

$375K

FMLA Retaliation and Overtime

FMLA Retaliation and Overtime

Confidential settlement for a worker fired after requesting intermittent FMLA leave to care for her ailing parents.

$350K

Retaliation

Retaliation

Confidential settlement for a top-performing sales manager fired after complaining about unpaid commissions.

$325K

Whistleblower Retaliation

Whistleblower Retaliation

Confidential settlement for an accountant fired for complaining about ethical violations.

$300K

Disability Discrimination and Failure to Engage in the Interactive Process

Disability Discrimination and Failure to Engage in the Interactive Process

Confidential settlement for an employee fired after a single, non-violent psychotic episode (employee shared with supervisor her belief that her phone had been hacked).

$300K

Overtime

Overtime

Confidential settlement for a misclassified sales executive.

$291K

Unpaid Wages

Unpaid Wages

Judgement for unpaid wages.

$275K

Race Discrimination

Race Discrimination

Confidential settlement for a white worker fired based on the company’s preference to have more non-white employees.

$250K

Overtime

Overtime

Confidential settlement for a sales executive.

$250K

Overtime

Overtime

Confidential settlement for a sales manager.

$250K

Overtime

Overtime

Confidential settlement for two misclassified property managers.

$225K

Sexual Harassment

Sexual Harassment

Confidential settlement for a nurse sexually harassed by a supervisor.

$220K

Disability Discrimination

Disability Discrimination

Settlement with a school district who wrongfully terminated a teacher because of the teacher's disability (a knee injury requiring the teacher to sit on a stool while teaching).

$200K

Overtime

Overtime

Confidential settlement for a misclassified salesperson.

$200K

Failure to Accommodate

Failure to Accommodate

Confidential settlement for an employee forced on an unpaid leave due to a disability.

$180K

Overtime

Overtime

Confidential settlement for a misclassified salesperson.

$170K

Race Discrimination

Race Discrimination

Confidential settlement for a white worker fired due to the employer's preference for increasing the number of diversity hires.

$160K

Whistleblower Retaliation

Whistleblower Retaliation

Confidential settlement for a quality manager who opposed illegal practices in the company's manufacturing.

$150K

Overtime

Overtime

Confidential settlement for a professional mistakenly classified as exempt from overtime.

$150K

Overtime

Overtime

Confidential settlement for an IT professional.

$145K

Overtime

Overtime

Confidential settlement for a misclassified sales executive.

$140K

Failure to Accommodate

Failure to Accommodate

Confidential settlement for an employee fired for missing work due to a disability.

$135K

Overtime

Overtime

Confidential settlement for a district manager misclassified as exempt from overtime.

$125K

Pregnancy Discrimination

Pregnancy Discrimination

Confidential settlement for a new mother fired for taking maternity leave.

$125K

Whistleblower Retaliation

Whistleblower Retaliation

Confidential settlement for an accountant fired for objecting to tax fraud and other illegal financial activities.

$125K

Overtime

Overtime

Confidential settlement for construction worker.

$125K

Overtime

Overtime

Confidential settlement for paralegal.

$120K

Overtime

Overtime

Confidential settlement for an office worker.

$115K

Pregnancy Discrimination

Pregnancy Discrimination

Confidential settlement for a pregnant worker fired two months before giving birth.

$115K

Overtime

Overtime

Confidential settlement for a surgical assistant not correctly paid overtime.

$115K

Sexual Harassment

Sexual Harassment

Confidential settlement for a medical assistant subjected to a single unwelcome touching.

$100K

Overtime

Overtime

Confidential settlement for an assisted living administrator.

$100K

Retaliation

Retaliation

Confidential settlement for a worker who complained about race discrimination fellow employees faced.

$100K

Age Discrimination

Age Discrimination

Confidential settlement for a 22-year employee fired for false reasons and replaced by a substantially younger employee.

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