However, if you plan on making any sort of legal
claim against your employer for wrongful treatment, etc., it may be in your best interest to leave out this section.
It is important to know that if you do opt to collect worker's compensation benefits you give up the right to file a
lawsuit against your employer for additional damages.
We have helped truck drivers file claims
against their employers for poor working conditions and violations of health and safety rules when driving.
It usually means that the employee will give up the right to bring any kind of tribunal claim
against the employer in return for a severance payment.
Additionally, prospective or current employees would be able to bring a private lawsuit
against an employer who violated the law and could receive up to $ 10,000 in damages plus attorney fees.
Often suits about asbestos injury are
filed against employers that know about the harm of asbestos but continue to use the material.
When you decide to make a
complaint against your employer for something that happened while on maternity leave or pregnant, you will need to know where to go and what to do first.
In a recent case, a court discussed what must be shown to justify a punitive damages
award against an employer of a negligent truck driver.
It is unclear how an employee's reasonable expectation of privacy will be interpreted
as against employers in light of this case.
Low salaries and a work shift divided between morning and afternoon are two factors that
work against employers, say transportation experts.
Matching your
skills against the employer's demands is another successful strategy and it facilitates the development of an instant connection between you and the position.
The idea is to ensure that an offer of settlement can not be
used against an employer in a standard unfair dismissal case.
In this case involving workplace racial harassment by the plaintiff's co-workers, we obtained a reduction of a $ 24 million punitive
judgment against their employer to $ 2.5 million.
When a termination clause in an employment agreement is unclear or ambiguous, the ambiguity is generally
read against the employer.
There has also been a dramatic fall in sexual discrimination and pregnancy discrimination cases
made against employers since women were priced out of justice when expensive tribunal fees were introduced.
Although a settlement agreement normally requires the employee to waive all of their employment related
rights against the employer, there are usually two exceptions to this general principle.
An accomplishment is something that can be
measured against an employer's formal performance metrics, or that has had significant and perhaps lasting impact upon the company.
The employee usually agrees not to pursue any potential legal claims
against the employer such as wrongful discharge, discrimination, or disputed wages.
The case
presented against the employer asserted that at this meeting and upon his actual return to active employment, he was not given proper accommodation due to his disability.
«Given the inequality of
arms against employers, a tax on claimants or those who support claimants does not strike me as sensible, workable or fair,» he adds.
However, he says it's unlikely that a member of the public would file a negligent - hiring lawsuit against a screening company, because those suits are brought almost
exclusively against employers.
Because disabled employees who are certified for marijuana use can bring discrimination
lawsuits against employers, it is vital for employers to know their legal boundaries.
Phrases with «against one's employer»