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We get thousands of inquiries every year from workers and, while we wish we could help everyone, we can’t. Currently, we are focusing on these three types of cases (below):
- Class action cases. These cases are usually brought by one or two people but involve at least 40 workers who have been impacted by a uniform pay or break policy. For example, we bring cases for workers who have been denied minimum wage, overtime pay, lunch breaks, commissions equal pay, or have been forced to work off the clock.
- Wrongful termination cases. In these cases, we help clients who are fired in retaliation for speaking up about illegal conduct or have been singled out and fired because of their sex, race, disability, gender, orientation, national origin, religion, pregnancy or any other class protected by law.
- Sexual harassment and abuse cases.
If your situation does not fit into one of these categories, we encourage you to visit the attorney directory available at www.welalaw.org for the names of lawyers in Washington who might be able to help. Below is an example of the types of cases we are not currently accepting:
- Advice to current employees about an ongoing situation at work.
- Claims against unions.
- Representation of employees accused of harassment or being investigated by their employer.
- Workers’ compensation claims.
- Unemployment claims and appeals.
- Failure to promote claims.
- Negotiating reasonable accommodations.
- Advice about severance agreements for employees subject to reductions in force or re-orgs.
