Despite being just as experienced, and having the same level of education, teaching qualifications, and performance reports, women teachers were paid less than the men and the younger teachers. This is known as age discriminationand gender discrimination, and it violates Federal and many times State law. If you are equal in qualifications, doing comparable work, the law states that you are to receive the same pay. But many times, this is not the case. In the Elizabeth Forward school district in Pennsylvania, the women discovered that they were being paid far less than their equal counterparts.

After filing a suit for gender and age discrimination, the jury awarded $1.2 million in damages to the women teachers. This is not the first time that a federal jury has found for discrimination suits in this district. Surprisingly, many times the conduct continues, even after the lawsuits. It is important to stay aware of the wage discrepancies between you and your equal counterpart of another age, race, or gender.

California law and Federal law both protect against this kind of wage discrimination. If you find that you are being paid less than your male or younger counterparts for the same work, and you possess the same qualifications or better, you may be a victim of discrimination. Call the Law Offices of Law Offices of David H. Greenberg in California at 1-800-252-9776 for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you.

Brian Bowling, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 04/10/2008

Carwashes, one of many types of employers that use immigrant workers to staff their business, were exposed in a recent article by the LA Times as practically continuing the use of slave labor wages and threatening deportation to workers who would testify against them. While the California minimum wage is set at $8.00 per hour, carwasheros (immigrant carwarshers) were found to be making tips only, and even then they were only getting maybe $10 to $30 a day even while working more than a typical eight hour shift.

What is worse, these workers didn’t know there was a choice. Many carwashes are engaging in this practice and so the thought was- well it is happening here and it is happening over there- so what can we do? Further, the owners would openly flout deportation as a threat against any who would report them. These owners are blatantly breaking the law. Labor law in California not only protects proper wages per hour, but also protects against falsified time records, and not receiving overtime pay. And according to whistle-blowing laws, you cannot be deported or fired for reporting your boss’s illegal activity.

Now that workers are coming forward, there are many more options. Workers no matter what their legal status have rights. First, keep accurate records of the hours you work, including whether or not you punched a time card or got a meal or rest break. Check that the records your employer is showing you are the same as your records. Also, you should be paid at least $8.00 an hour including your tips. If you suspect that you are being cheated of your wages or meal breaks, or that your boss is engaged in this illegal activity, call the Law Offices of Law Offices of David H. Greenberg at 1-800-252-9776 for a free consultation in California regarding your legal rights and how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you.

Article is featured in The Los Angeles Times, Sunday, March 22, 2008.

Wal-Mart was accused of violating California labor law which provides lunch and meal breaks to employees who work more than six hours in a shift in a class-action suit from 2005. After determining that many employees were not receiving these meal breaks and were working through without stopping for meals, employees sought an employment lawyer who took the case to trial. After four months of testimony, the jury took just three days to hand down a verdict of over $170 million dollars.

Similar cases among corporations such as Starbucks, The Dollar Tree and other corporations have shown an increasing trend; employers aren’t always keeping accurate records and paying you your full wages. Keeping accurate records yourself is the first step in protecting your rights.

But what do you do if you find that, like these corporations, your employer is withholding wages or meal breaks from you and your fellow employees? Call the Law Offices of Law Offices of David H. Greenberg at 1-800-252-9776 for a free consultation in California regarding your legal rights and how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you. The attorneys of Law Offices of David H. Greenberg have over 50 years combined legal experience, and they know how to handle labor law disputes like these cases. Call now for your free initial consultation.

If you live in Long Beach, California and you are looking for an employment lawyer, your search is over. The attorneys of Law Offices of David H. Greenberg are experienced trial attorneys who understand the needs of the medically disabled in today’s working world. If you suffer from a medical disability, such as Multiple Sclerosis, a physical handicap or limited mobility, attention-deficit disorder or other mental health disorders, or have suffered worker’s compensation injuries such as lower back pain and wrist pain, your rights are protected under California Law and Federal law. You cannot be fired for your disability without first attempting to have reasonable accommodations for your disability in the workplace.

If you are disabled, and you are experiencing problems at work due to your disability, the lawyers at Law Offices of David H. Greenberg can assist you in making sure that you are provided reasonable accommodations, or if need be, assistance with wrongful termination cases. The attorneys have extensive trial and settlement experience, and know your rights. With a successful record of verdicts and settlements for their clients, the lawyers at Law Offices of David H. Greenberg will put their experience to work for your case. We work on a contingency fee, which means you pay nothing up front, and we only get paid if you do. Call today at 1-800-252-9776 for your free initial consultation in California.

Racial discrimination and harassment in the workplace has long been a problem for minority workers, but the majority is now also facing what has been termed reverse-racial discrimination; whites are being discriminated against by minority-run businesses. While still not a large number of cases brought each year, the number has been vastly growing to show that whites are now also receiving the brunt of racial discrimination especially in the hiring and firing processes of employment.

In a recent case, a white news anchor claimed that he had been the victim of racial discrimination in the news office when he was fired, and later the station hired an African-American news anchor to replace him. In California, unlike in other states, you do not have to show the unusual circumstances of why your employer is specifically discriminating against a majority in order to bring a reverse-racial discrimination claim. However, after reviewing the evidence, the judge dismissed the case on a summary judgment motion. But the trend continues: issues of reverse-racial discrimination are far more common in minority neighborhoods where whites go in for an application and are turned away due to their difference in racial background and the color of their skin.

If you have been the victim of reverse-racial discrimination, call the Law Offices of Law Offices of David H. Greenberg at 1-800-252-9776 for your free initial consultation, and information on how our experienced attorneys can protect your legal rights.

Hicks v KNTV Television, Inc., courtesy of the California Employment Lawyers Association Bulletin, March 2008.

Employers are barred by Federal law and State law from discriminating between workers based on age, race, and gender in determining pay for their employees. Where you and your co-worker are doing equal work, of equal skill, in equal positions, you should be paid accordingly, and cannot be paid differently based on your age, race or gender. However, employers don’t always heed this law, and often it goes undiscovered because co-workers do not often discuss their pay among each other.

While not talking about your salary is a common workplace practice, if you discover that you are making significantly less then your co-worker for the same work based on one of the protected categories, you may be the victim of wage discrimination. Worse, you could also be the victim of racial or sexual discrimination in addition to the difference in your wages. While employers often have legitimate reasons for pay differences between employees, this is not always the case when race, age and sex are involved in the equation. A woman may be paid far less than her male counterpart in the workplace, simply because she is a woman. This is discrimination, and it is not supported by the law.

If you feel that you are the victim of wage discrimination in the workplace, call the Law Offices of Law Offices of David H. Greenberg at 1-800-252-9776 for your free initial consultation, and information on how our experienced attorneys can protect your legal rights.

Driving down Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, picket signs outside of restaurants and carwashes are easy to spot. Finally, the public is speaking out about the more than 26% of the California Population that is foreign-born and immigrant workers. These workers are often exploited to work longer hours, in unsafe conditions, and for less pay than their naturalized and citizen counterparts. Finally, the courts, the public, and the press are realizing that enough is enough.

There are over 3.7 million Californians working in jobs whose median wage is less than $10 an hour, and these workers are considered ‘low-wage’ employees. It is estimated that as many as two million more workers may be employed in California’s growing underground economy. Most low-wage workers are immigrants and are nonwhite. Traditionally these low-wage jobs in California include restaurant and food service employees, janitors, farm laborers, health aides, cashiers , hotel cleaners, assemblers, security guards, retail clerks and sewing machine operators, to name a few. In addition to making $10 or less per hour, many immigrants are making much less than the California minimum wage of $8.00 per hour. Even greater numbers are being forced to work beyond the typical 40 hour workweek, through meal and rest breaks, and when they look at their pay stub (if they are lucky enough to have a pay stub) they find there is no overtime pay. Many times they are listed as having worked a part-time workweek, though in fact they worked much, much more.

What can these workers do? Fortunately, attorneys such as the experienced lawyers at Law Offices of David H. Greenberg have been fighting for the equal opportunities and the rights of immigrant workers for years. They know the law and know how to get each worker their rightful pay and to fight predatory employment practices. How can they help you? If you are an immigrant worker, keep your pay stubs. If you do not receive pay stubs, keep very clear records of your hours worked and what you are paid (as well as what you are supposed to be paid). In many cases, you can recover more than just your wages owed but also labor penalties for withheld wages. When you are ready to discuss your case, call the experienced attorneys at Law Offices of David H. Greenberg at 1-800-252-9776 for your free consultation and to discuss your case and how the law can help you.

In a recent Los Angeles case, a man from India was promised $120,000 a year to come work for a US company. However, after only months of working here, his salary was cut in half without any explanation. When he pursued the matter further, the President of the company told him it was an incentive to have him work harder to ‘earn’ the full salary. A lawsuit ensued.

This kind of broken promise is commonplace among the migrant working employers, but it is less often spoken of in professional fields. Yet the problem remains, lured with promises of great salaries and a better life, employers bring workers from overseas only to pay them half or less of what they were promised. This is known as a breach of contract, and your rights are protected under the law. If you have an agreement to be paid one salary, your boss cannot without cause lower that amount significantly just because he feels like it. Federal law and State law protect your rights and you should seek the protection of a competent employment lawyer to help you in this situation.

The attorneys of Law Offices of David H. Greenberg have a combined 50 years of practice in winning cases like these for California workers. Our law offices offer a free consultation, where you can discuss your prospective case at absolutely no fee. Additionally, we work on a contingency fee basis, which means that you pay nothing and we don’t get paid unless you do! With cases like these you need an aggressive winning legal team who isn’t afraid to take your case all the way through trial. The attorneys of Law Offices of David H. Greenberg have extensive trial experience with state of the art trial materials and expert testimony when needed. Call for your free consultation today at 1-800-252-9776 to discuss your case and how the law can help you.