Gainey Law, PLLC Seattle Employment Law Attorney

Most people are unaware that statutory caps apply to damages available in Federal Court. These caps drastically limit the recovery that a plaintiff can receive from a winning lawsuit. To put it simply even if a jury awards Millions of dollars to a plaintiff that was discriminated against in the workplace, in most cases that plaintiff's recovery will be reduced to AT MOST $300,000. Why don't people know this? The media loves an exciting headline that sells the seemingly contradicting ideals that a) that David can beat Goliath - a single person we can speak truth to power and win against all odds and b) there is too much litigation, and people are just out to shake down corporations. Otherwise, headlines would look something like this: Jane Doe wins 127-million-dollar lawsuit against Acme Executive for Racism and Sexual Harassment BUT  Damages awarded will be reduced to the statutory limit of $300,000. Not exactly effective click bait.     But the truth, in this emplo...

  Learn where [the Organization] End Workplace Abuse has been, where we're going, and how you can help We know collaboration, strategy, action, and personal responsibility to the all-volunteer effort are what it will take to pass protections for workers to have psychological safety.  Collective action is the tool of social change. We've been working hard to bring about that change: Leaders in roughly 26 new states and cities are working to introduce the  Workplace Psychological Safety Act  in 2025. And they've been busy! Our Michigan team, led by Amanda Treppa, ran an event in Detroit to build awareness and get the attention of legislators ( Hill Harper of CSI: NY supported it! ). Our Washington, DC, team made the news not  once  but  twice  for the work of mother-daughter duo Kim and Cassi Williams. We'll announce new states and cities with a virtual rally in the new year. 🎉 We created two PSAs, spoke at seven HR conferences about the bill, appe...

The last Trump presidency ushered in a new era of hate. Experts are expecting more of the same now that he has been re-elected. The southern poverty law center is tracking hate crimes (as it has for decades). If you have been targeted please report it to your local officials and also to the Southern Poverty Law Center.   https://www.splcenter.org/send-us-a-tip Stay strong and be careful out there.