Employment Benefits
The law does not require employers to provide benefits to their employees. However, many employers choose to provide benefits such as insurance, vacation, reimbursed expenses, company-sponsored trips, stock options, and many other types of compensation in addition to wages and salaries. These benefits may not be provided in a way that violates the law. For example, an employer may not deny or reduce an employee’s benefits because of the employee’s race, sex, religion, national origin, gender, disability, age, military status, pregnancy, or sexual orientation. Employers also must follow state and federal laws that apply to the benefits they provide for their employees.
Some examples of employment benefits claims are:
- Your employer denies you the same benefits available to your co-workers, and the reason given is not legitimate or does not seem like the real explanation for the denial.
- You are harassed, denied a promotion, or fired because you used or requested benefits available from your employer.
- Your employer agreed to provide you certain benefits when you were hired, but has since decided not to provide them.
- Your employer creates or operates a benefits plan that violates state or federal law.
Nichols Kaster, PLLP has litigation experience in many types of cases. If you think you may become involved in litigation with your employer, feel free to contact us.
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