Top 100 Labor & Employment Settlements in California in 2025

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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 100 labor & employment settlements obtained in California in 2025. The list is composed of various types of cases filed in a state or federal court, as well as those settled prior to commencing a lawsuit. The curation of case results for this list were conducted in accordance with the following methodology.

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51
Amount:$440,000.00
Attorneys:David D. Bibiyan, Vedang J. Patel, Brandon M. Chang, Diego Aviles, Robert B. Payaslyan of Bibiyan Law Group, P.C.
Case:Miranda v. CA Glatt Mart, Inc.
Type:Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim, Minimum Wage Violation
52
Amount:$431,601.00
Attorneys:Lilia García-Brower of Labor Commissioner’s Office
Case:LCO v. Howood Co.
Type:Economic Loss, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Unpaid Wages, Minimum Wage Violation
53
Amount:$425,000.00
Attorneys:Yashdeep Singh of Yash Law Group
Case:Cheema v. Higher Education Skincare LLC, et al.
Type:Constructive Discharge, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Unpaid Benefits, Employment Discrimination, Protected Activity Retaliation, Unpaid Wages, Workplace Retaliation
54
Amount:$410,000.00
Attorneys:Geoffrey C. Lyon of Lyon Law PC
Case:Plaintiff v. Former Employer & Manager
Type:Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Personal Injury, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Employment Discrimination, Workplace Sexual Harassment, Protected Activity Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation
55
Amount:$407,500.00
Attorneys:Geoffrey C. Lyon of Lyon Law PC
Case:Plaintiff v. Former Employer, Manager & Co-Workers
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination, Disability Harassment, Workplace Retaliation
56
Amount:$400,000.00
Attorneys:Geoffrey C. Lyon of Lyon Law PC
Case:Plaintiff v. Former Employer
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Employment Discrimination, Loss of Opportunity, Workplace Sexual Harassment, Workplace Retaliation
57
Amount:$380,000.00
Attorneys:Thomas S. Feher, Stephen Wiard, Sandy T. Luu of Feher Law, APC
Case:Terminated Employee v. Employer
Type:Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Workplace Sexual Harassment, Protected Activity Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation
58
Amount:$340,000.00
Attorneys:Marc A. Pilotin, Boris Orlov, Nisha Parekh of U.S. Department of Labor
Case:Su v. Special Unit Sec. Inc., et al.
Type:Retaliation, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Protected Activity Retaliation, Unpaid Wages, Workplace Retaliation
59
Amount:$315,000.00
Attorneys:Marc A. Pilotin, Boris Orlov, Kathryn A. Panaccione of U.S. Department of Labor
Case:Micone v. Gaurav Talim Inc., et al.
Type:Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Unpaid Wages, Unpaid Tips
60 (tie)
Amount:$300,000.00
Attorneys:Geoffrey C. Lyon of Lyon Law PC
Case:Plaintiff v. Former Employer & Owner
Type:Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Personal Injury, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Psychological Injury, Workplace Harassment, Bullying, Harassment, Employment Discrimination, Loss of Opportunity, Workplace Sexual Harassment
60 (tie)
Amount:$300,000.00
Attorneys:Amir H. Seyedfarshi of Employment Rights Lawyers, APC; Farah A. Mirabel of Law Office Farrah Mirabel
Case:Cortes v. Pacific Airline Linen Svcs. LLC, et al.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, Employment Discrimination, PAGA Claim, Unpaid Wages
61
Amount:$299,433.61
Attorneys:Kane Moon, Daniel J. Park of Moon Law Group, PC
Case:Deguzman v. Millennium Health, LLC
Type:Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim, Minimum Wage Violation
62 (tie)
Amount:$285,000.00
Attorneys:Andrew Rogers, Christopher Lage, Anna Y. Park, Nakkisa Akhavan, Sophia Tarazi of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Case:EEOC v. TEG Staffing Inc., et al.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Employment Discrimination
62 (tie)
Amount:$285,000.00
Attorneys:Geoffrey C. Lyon of Lyon Law PC
Case:Plaintiff v. Former Employer City
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Government Negligence, Sexual Harassment, Workplace Negligence, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Workplace Harassment, Bullying, Harassment, Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Workplace Sexual Harassment
63
Amount:$250,000.00
Attorneys:Scott E. Wheeler, Justin A. Wheeler of Law Office of Scott Ernest Wheeler
Case:Arroyo v. Tijuanazo Inc., et al.
Type:Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim, Unpaid Wages
64
Amount:$230,000.00
Attorneys:Joseph M. Lovretovich of Joseph M. Lovretovich, ESQ.; Mythily Sivarajah of Peck-Law, Employment & Civil Rights
Case:Tramil v. City and County of San Francisco
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Economic Loss, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination
65
Amount:$221,500.00
Attorneys:David G. Spivak, Caroline Tahmassian of The Spivak Law Firm
Case:Al Zahawi v. The Kind Ctr., Inc., et al.
Type:Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim, Minimum Wage Violation
66
Amount:$212,675.00
Attorneys:Haig B. Kazandjian, Raffi Tapanian of Haig B. Kazandjian Lawyers APC
Case:Jaramillo-Johnson v. Logic Auto. Grp., LLC
Type:Economic Loss, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim, Unpaid Wages, Minimum Wage Violation
67
Amount:$210,000.00
Attorneys:Harris Emran, Kaitlin Martinez of Emran Law
Case:Tareen v. Dornoch Inc., et al.
Type:Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim, Unpaid Wages
68
Amount:$208,920.00
Attorneys:Marc A. Pilotin, Adriana E. Ahumada, Boris Orlov of U.S. Department of Labor
Case:Su v. Nexport Forwarding Servs. Inc., et al.
Type:Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Unpaid Wages, Minimum Wage Violation
69 (tie)
Amount:$200,000.00
Attorneys:Amir H. Seyedfarshi of Employment Rights Lawyers, APC; Farah A. Mirabel of Law Office Farrah Mirabel
Case:Campos v. ACI Last Mile California, LLC, et al.
Type:Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim, Unpaid Wages
69 (tie)
Amount:$200,000.00
Attorneys:Amir H. Seyedfarshi of Employment Rights Lawyers, APC
Case:Wang, et al. v. GigaCloud Tech., Inc.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, Employment Discrimination, PAGA Claim, Unpaid Wages
70
Amount:$192,000.00
Attorneys:Marc A. Pilotin, Katherine E. Cameron of EEOC
Case:Chavez-DeRemer v. Laguna Village RCFE LLC, et al.
Type:Fraud, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Protected Activity Retaliation, Unpaid Wages, Workplace Retaliation
71 (tie)
Amount:$175,000.00
Attorneys:Joseph M. Lovretovich, Nicholas W. Sarris, Brooke C. Bellah, Talya T. Deluya of JML Law, APLC
Case:Busch v. County of Los Angeles
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Economic Loss, Government Negligence, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination, Los Angeles as Defendant
71 (tie)
Amount:$175,000.00
Attorneys:Roberta L. Steele, James H. Baker, Marcia L. Mitchell of U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Case:EEOC v. Ins. Auto Auctions Inc.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Racial Harassment, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Employment Discrimination
72
Amount:$160,000.00
Attorneys:Amir H. Seyedfarshi of Employment Rights Lawyers, APC
Case:Fay v. Tiktok, Inc., a California Corp., et al.
Type:Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, PAGA Claim, Unpaid Wages
73
Amount:$155,172.00
Attorneys:Young K. Park, Sea H. Oh of Justice for Workers PC; Jeffrey S. Ranen, Parisa Khademi, Mario A. Palencia, Margaret R. Wright of Goliath Law
Case:Ortega v. PortNewport Inc.
Type:Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Conversion, Wage & Hour Violation, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, Protected Activity Retaliation, Unpaid Tips, Workplace Retaliation
74 (tie)
Amount:$150,000.00
Attorneys:Amir H. Seyedfarshi of Employment Rights Lawyers, APC
Case:Yang v. Brandrep, LLC
Type:Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim, Unpaid Wages, Minimum Wage Violation
74 (tie)
Amount:$150,000.00
Attorneys:Harris Emran, Kaitlin Martinez of Emran Law Firm, P.C.
Case:Employee v. Dance Club
Type:Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Workplace Sexual Harassment
75
Amount:$149,000.00
Attorneys:Jonathan M. Genish, Barbara DuVan-Clarke, Danielle L. GruppChang, P.J. Van Ert, Annabel Blanchard of Blackstone Law
Case:Montejo v. Team Nissan LLC
Type:Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim, Unpaid Wages, Minimum Wage Violation
76
Amount:$137,500.00
Attorneys:Harris Emran, Kaitlin Martinez of Emran Law
Case:Employee v. Home Health Staffing Agency
Type:Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Workplace Sexual Harassment
77
Amount:$128,900.00
Attorneys:Jonathan L. Snare, Marc A. Pilotin, Katherine E. Cameron, Charles Song of U.S. Department of Labor
Case:Chavez-DeRemer v. Lion Farms LLC, et al.
Type:Workplace Safety, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Unpaid Wages
78
Amount:$125,000.00
Attorneys:Andrew A. Howard, J. Bernard Alexander, III, Jacqueline Gil, Joshua M. Arnold of Alexander Morrison + Fehr, LLP
Case:Baptiste v. The City & County of San Francisco
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Racial Harassment, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Employment Discrimination, Protected Activity Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation
79 (tie)
Amount:$115,000.00
Attorneys:John G. Yslas, Samantha A. Smith, Jeffrey C. Bils, Aram Boyadjian, Andrew Sandoval of Wilshire Law Firm, PLC
Case:Turner v. Northrop Grumman Corp., et al.
Type:Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, PAGA Claim, Unpaid Wages
79 (tie)
Amount:$115,000.00
Attorneys:Harris Emran, Kaitlin Martinez of Emran Law
Case:Chapdelaine v. Gold Club - S.F., LLC, et al.
Type:Conversion, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim, Unpaid Wages, Minimum Wage Violation
80 (tie)
Amount:$100,000.00
Attorneys:Amir H. Seyedfarshi of Employment Rights Lawyers, APC; Tatiana L. Hernandez of Law Office of Tatiana Hernandez, P.C.
Case:Zavala v. Post Acute Care Partners Inc.
Type:Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim, Unpaid Wages, Minimum Wage Violation
80 (tie)
Amount:$100,000.00
Attorneys:Amir H. Seyedfarshi of Employment Rights Lawyers, APC
Case:Revill v. Clear Choice Mgmt. Svcs., LLC
Type:Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim, Unpaid Wages
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Note: Settlements below $100,000 have not been included to the list.
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