For the average working adult, more waking hours are spent at work than on any other individual pursuit, leaving little time for family, faith, hobbies, or self-development. Week after week, year after year, workers give their energy, their time, and their lives to their jobs. They may stay late, work through weekends, miss family milestones, and jeopardize their well-being, all to meet the demands of their employer. Thus, the story of the American worker is too often one of sacrificing our most human pursuits for the goals of the company.

But that type of commitment is seldom reciprocated. The employer, instead, will often prioritize growth, efficiency, and conformity, devising ways to get the most output and capitulation from its workforce for as little money as possible. In this pursuit, some employers resort to sinister tactics, such as refusing to pay the worker what they are owed under law, turning a blind eye to discrimination to shield the business, or retaliating against workers for reporting harassment or taking lawful leave.

When injustice occurs in the workplace, employees often feel powerless to stand up for themselves. Someone facing discriminatory behavior or sexual harassment at work might believe that reporting the misconduct will cost them their job. And someone wrongfully terminated often fears that seeking justice will brand them a pariah in their industry or sabotage their efforts to find new work. That’s what makes workplace misconduct so insidious: not everyone feels that they have the luxury of resistance, even when the law is on their side.

At King’s End, we represent workers whose rights have been violated by those who used power not to lead, but to exploit. We take on cases involving:

• Unpaid wages, overtime violations, or employee misclassification

• Discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, national origin, or other protected traits

• Sexual harassment or other harassment based on protected traits

• Retaliation for reporting discrimination, wage violations, or other unlawful practices

• Wrongful termination tied to discrimination, retaliation, or whistleblower protections

• Denial of legally protected medical, family, or disability leave

• Retaliation for reporting unsafe working conditions or violations of health and labor laws

• Employment contract breaches or severance agreement disputes

These issues are the product of a system that too often values obedience over fairness — and counts on workers staying silent. We fight to hold employers accountable and make sure no one must trade their dignity for a paycheck.