Business owners, managers, and supervisors: Do your employment agreements shield you from class action employment claims?
According to the source of all knowledge – Google – individual liability exists when a person (like you) is legally responsible for his or her own conduct, debts, or obligations. That means y our individual bank account and other assets could be seized if your actions, or failures to act, violate the law and cause injury to others. Normally, a corporate employer is liable for the wrongs committed against employees by individuals acting on the employer’s behalf. That typically includes the company’s owners, managers, and supervisors. But did you know that many federal and state employment laws also subject owners of businesses, along with their managers and supervisors, to individual liability? Included among these laws are the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, and numerous state employment discrimination and wage protection laws. These exposures are not limited to your affirmative misconduct. They can include lesser conduct like a...