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I worked for Cracker Barrel and recieved a letter to join the class action lawsuit that vgandjsmom joined. I never heard from them or that lawsuit again. I've been trying to find the results of that lawsuit and get in touch with them... Please help me contact them. Tcsapp1965@gmail.com
I think it depends on why the employer was being sued. In the case I gave about the spa owner, the other owners in the area were pretty disgusted by the owner in questions behavior.
There are some employees who make a living off filing frivolous or questionable lawsuits and that sort of thing, and those are the people who word gets around about.
That's true, but even suing an employer once shows that the person is willing to do it and might do it again. All things being equal, I would hire the person who had never sued an employer over someone who had. It's simply the safer course of action.
Don't get me wrong - I would absolutely sue an employer if I thought I had a legitimate grievance. But I would do so knowing that there are consequences to doing it and it could potentially mean blacklisting myself in my professional circles.
Well, don't even bother with handicapped discrimination suits. They are a complete farce. I had two, both were just blown off. The dept of civil rights will take your application, then do a sham of an investigation, then tell you no discrimination was found. then, they tell you you can appeal with your own attorney. Well, if you're disabled and out of work, who has money to pursue a lawsuit?
Your problem is you filed with your state's department of civil rights instead of filing with the federal EEOC.
One of my friends was sexually harrassed and downright abused at work -she was a single mother and worked with me at a very well known insurance company....our manager used to punch her in the arm and tell her if she didn't sleep with him she would lose her job...this happened for well over a year...she sued & received about 350k-she is now a nurse.
Someone else I knew sued a company because he should have been an hourly employee and wasn't...he received about 20K in overtime owed. I worked there too and thought about it...I decided not to.
Most employees who sue an employer have moved on and found another job. Whether or not future employers find minimum wage/overtime litigation offensive really depends on the industry and community. Construction contractors who violate the law have a competitive advantage over contractors who comply, former employees of bad apples are the ones who can improve business for the good guys. Same can be said for senior care providers.
Have I known employees who successfully sued? Yes indeed, although USDOL Wage & Hour Division is able to collect in many situations. Ah, the stories I can't tell.
One of my friends was sexually harrassed and downright abused at work -she was a single mother and worked with me at a very well known insurance company....our manager used to punch her in the arm and tell her if she didn't sleep with him she would lose her job...this happened for well over a year...she sued & received about 350k-she is now a nurse.
Someone else I knew sued a company because he should have been an hourly employee and wasn't...he received about 20K in overtime owed. I worked there too and thought about it...I decided not to.
We often suggest to folks on here to "get a lawyer" and "sue your employer".
I was wondering if you, or anyone you know first hand, has actually gone to courtandactually received cash (not just "won").
I'm not talking about settlements or payments in a termination agreement. I'm more interested if anyone actually made it through the court system and won.
It would seem to me that this would be near impossible.
Yes.
Many moons ago, I worked for a company that did not pay us our overtime, (we were not salary), and gave some lame reason why they didn't. Someone finally contacted a lawyer, many of us joined in, about a year or so later, I received my check in the mail. (After the parental figures told me not to join in on this because, "that doesn't happen". Oh, but it did.)
I did not get all of my non paid overtime but I got a nice chunk of it. So did many others. And shortly after that, the company was gone.
So yes, it can happen and the "little guys" actually can win.
Took me a few months but I eventually did get on the phone and called the lawyer's office. I told his secretary to thank him for me...thank you for fighting for us. We won, we got our money and this lawyer was the reason why.
He was eventually fired....BUT he also sued because a new company inquired about him and some dumb HR person told the potential new company WHY he was fired....so he also received a settlement.
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