Palay Law Firm is the foremost wage-and-hour class action law firm in California. We have won the single largest class action recovery per plaintiff in California history and have recovered tens of millions of dollars in unpaid wages for California employees.
Employment discrimination and wrongful termination is common in California. Luckily, California employees have protection from discriminatory employers: Palay Law Firm. We represent California employees in employment discrimination and wrongful termination cases every day.
We handle many hostile work environment cases. Hostile work environments can exist when there is discrimination and/or harassment on the basis of an employee's sex, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual preference, disability, and more. Palay Law Firm has been handling hostile work environment cases for over ten years.
When California employers decide to cut costs by paying non-exempt employees a salary and calling them "exempt," they call on Palay Law Firm to recover unpaid overtime. So far, we have recovered millions of dollars for these misclassified-exempt employees.
Palay Law Firm handles California overtime wage claims, as well as wage claims for minimum wage, meal periods, unpaid commissions, unpaid vacation wages, and more. We have recovered millions of dollars for California employees on wage and hour claims.
Sexual harassment cases are also a large part of our practice. Unfortunately, sexual harassment claims are still very prevalent in California. California employees can seek protection from sexual harassment by hiring a lawyer who knows the ins and outs of sexual harassment law. Palay Law Firm's attorneys are very knowledgeable about sexual harassment cases. We have handled hundreds of sexual harassment cases.
Wrongful termination cases are our bread and butter. We regularly represent employees who have lost their job for some unlawful reason. Usually, our California wrongful termination cases involve employees that have complained about workplace harassment or discrimination. Representative unlawful discharge cases also include illegal terminations of employees who are out on disability or pregnancy leaves.