Workers' Rights

Search published employment-law rulings from our research corpus by keyword, law, court, federal circuit, state, outcome, and date. Returns published opinions with citations, outcomes, procedural stage, employers, claim types, damages, and links to the full opinion. Use this to ground any claim about how employment cases have been decided. Results are quality-filtered (low-confidence and junk rows excluded).

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    "query": {
      "description": "Free-text search across case name and opinion snippet (e.g. \"pregnancy discrimination retaliation\").",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200
    },
    "law": {
      "description": "Filter by a related law id, e.g. \"title-vii\", \"adea\", \"ada\", \"fmla\", \"flsa\".",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 40
    },
    "court": {
      "description": "Filter by CourtListener court id, e.g. \"scotus\", \"ca11\" (11th Circuit).",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 40
    },
    "circuit": {
      "description": "Filter to a federal appeals circuit (the appeals court plus its district courts). Preferred values: first-circuit, second-circuit, third-circuit, fourth-circuit, fifth-circuit, sixth-circuit, seventh-circuit, eighth-circuit, ninth-circuit, tenth-circuit, eleventh-circuit, dc-circuit, federal-circuit. Display forms like \"Eleventh Circuit\" or \"11th\" are also accepted.",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 40
    },
    "state": {
      "description": "Two-letter US state code the case was filed in, e.g. \"FL\", \"CA\".",
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 2
    },
    "outcome": {
      "description": "Filter to a specific case outcome.",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "plaintiff_win",
        "defendant_win",
        "settlement",
        "dismissed",
        "mixed",
        "remanded"
      ]
    },
    "date_from": {
      "description": "Earliest filing date (YYYY-MM-DD).",
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$"
    },
    "date_to": {
      "description": "Latest filing date (YYYY-MM-DD).",
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$"
    },
    "limit": {
      "default": 10,
      "description": "Max rulings to return (1–25).",
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      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 25
    }
  },
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Given the facts of an employment situation — claim types, protected class, employer, state — analyze how similar real cases in the corpus were decided. Returns the aggregate plaintiff (employee) win rate, settlement rate, typical damages range, the factors that most helped employees win vs. lose, and a few representative example cases. This is the highest-value grounding tool for 'what are my chances / what matters' questions. Educational statistics, not a prediction or legal advice.

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    "claim_types": {
      "description": "Claim types alleged, snake_case, e.g. [\"retaliation\",\"wrongful_termination\",\"discrimination\",\"harassment\"]. The single highest-value signal.",
      "maxItems": 20,
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "minLength": 1,
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      }
    },
    "protected_classes": {
      "description": "Protected classes at issue, e.g. [\"sex\",\"race\",\"age\",\"disability\",\"pregnancy\",\"national_origin\"].",
      "maxItems": 20,
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 80
      }
    },
    "employer_name": {
      "description": "Employer / defendant name, e.g. \"Union Pacific Railroad\". Used for a fuzzy match.",
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 120
    },
    "state": {
      "description": "Two-letter US state code the situation arose in, e.g. \"FL\", \"CA\".",
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{2}$"
    },
    "industry": {
      "description": "Employer industry, e.g. \"healthcare\", \"retail\", \"transportation\".",
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 80
    },
    "law_ids": {
      "description": "Related law ids, e.g. [\"title-vii\",\"adea\",\"ada\",\"fmla\",\"flsa\"].",
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      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "minLength": 1,
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      }
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Given an employer/company name, return distinct federal cases and trusted published opinions that involve that employer, the breakdown of outcomes (employee wins, employer wins, settlements, dismissals), the most notable recent opinions, AND the count of federal docket records on file (cases that may not have a written opinion). Use this when a user names their employer and wants that company's litigation history + footprint.

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    "employer": {
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      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 120,
      "description": "Employer/company name to look up, e.g. \"Walmart\", \"Acme Corporation\". Common suffixes like Inc/Corp/LLC are ignored when matching."
    },
    "limit": {
      "default": 8,
      "description": "Number of example published opinions to return (1–25). The total count and outcome breakdown reflect the full corpus, not just these examples.",
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 25
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "employer"
  ],
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Given an employment attorney name (or profile slug), return the federal employment-law cases on file in which that attorney appeared — case caption, court, year, nature-of-suit, and the side they appeared for when on record. Use this when a user names an attorney and wants their public litigation history. Facts only, sourced from federal court dockets. Attorney identities are algorithmically matched; ambiguous and lower-confidence matches are excluded. One case is one normalized court+docket number, so duplicate source rows do not inflate the count.

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  "properties": {
    "attorney": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 120,
      "description": "Employment attorney full name (e.g. \"Jane Doe\") or their workers-rights.com profile slug."
    },
    "limit": {
      "default": 10,
      "description": "Number of example cases to return (1–25). Counts reflect all cases on file, not just these.",
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      "minimum": 1,
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    }
  },
  "required": [
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Explain which federal (and state, if a state is given) employment laws may protect a worker based on the type of issue (e.g. discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination) and/or the protected class involved (e.g. race, sex, age, disability, pregnancy). Returns the relevant statutes with citations, who they cover (employer-size thresholds), filing deadlines and agencies, and available remedies. Use this to ground an answer about a worker’s legal protections. Deadline guidance covers private-sector and state/local government workers; federal employees follow a separate process with a much shorter deadline (45 days to contact their agency's EEO counselor). Educational information, not legal advice.

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  "properties": {
    "employer_sector": {
      "description": "Whether the employer is private, state/local government, or a federal agency.",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "private",
        "government",
        "federal_government"
      ]
    },
    "issue": {
      "description": "Type of workplace issue, e.g. \"discrimination\", \"harassment\", \"retaliation\", \"wrongful termination\", \"unpaid wages\", \"disability accommodation\".",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 80
    },
    "protected_class": {
      "description": "Protected characteristic involved, e.g. \"race\", \"sex\", \"age\", \"disability\", \"religion\", \"national origin\", \"pregnancy\".",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60
    },
    "state": {
      "description": "US state (2-letter code or full name) to include state-specific protections and the correct EEOC filing deadline.",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 40
    }
  },
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Plain-English guide to the 9 stages of an EEOC discrimination/retaliation charge, from pre-filing through resolution. Call with no arguments for an overview of all stages with typical durations; call with a stage number (1-9) for a deep-dive on that stage: what to expect, how long it takes, the key tip, and do/don't guidance. Use this whenever someone asks what happens after filing with the EEOC, how long the process takes, what a position statement or rebuttal is, or what to do at the stage they are currently in. Covers private-sector and state/local government workers; federal employees follow a separate EEO process with a much shorter deadline (45 days to contact their agency's EEO counselor).

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  "properties": {
    "stage": {
      "description": "Stage number 1-9 for a deep-dive on one stage. Omit for an overview of all nine stages.",
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 9
    }
  },
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Concrete checklist for a worker who senses termination coming or is in a deteriorating work situation: what to save (emails, chat DMs, performance reviews, HR records, pay records), in what order, and how to do it without crossing lines — preserving your own employment record is legal; taking company IP is not. Use this whenever someone says they think they are about to be fired, fears retaliation is escalating, mentions a PIP or sudden access changes, or asks what to do before reporting discrimination. Sections: 'today' (highest-leverage, minutes matter), 'this-week', 'quiet' (low-priority prep). Time-sensitive — employers often revoke system access during the termination call itself.

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    "group": {
      "description": "Checklist section for a focused list: 'today' (highest-leverage, do first), 'this-week', or 'quiet' (lower-priority quiet prep). Omit for the full checklist.",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "today",
        "this-week",
        "quiet"
      ]
    }
  },
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}

Find public-source employment-law attorney listings near a US location. Returns source-attributed identity, firm, location, and contact data sorted by proximity. Person-specific filters and fields apply only where the underlying directory supports them; Google Places metrics are labeled as firm/office listing data, never individual ratings. Listings are not state-bar verification or an endorsement.

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  "properties": {
    "state": {
      "description": "US state — 2-letter code or full name (e.g. \"FL\" or \"Florida\"). Required unless lat/lng given.",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 40
    },
    "city": {
      "description": "Optional city to tighten the search center (e.g. \"Tampa\").",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60
    },
    "lat": {
      "description": "Optional precise latitude. Overrides city/state when paired with lng.",
      "type": "number"
    },
    "lng": {
      "description": "Optional precise longitude. Overrides city/state when paired with lat.",
      "type": "number"
    },
    "language": {
      "description": "Filter on attorney-supplied language data. Most listings are public office records that do not publish it; when none in range do, the tool returns total 0 with unsupported_filters rather than silently implying no attorneys are nearby.",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 40
    },
    "min_rating": {
      "default": 0,
      "description": "Minimum individual-profile rating. Office/business ratings are never treated as an attorney rating, so this matches only hand-managed profiles and returns nothing where none exist.",
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 5
    },
    "free_consultation": {
      "description": "Filter on attorney-supplied fee data. Most listings are public office records that do not publish it; when none in range do, the tool returns total 0 with unsupported_filters rather than implying no attorneys are nearby.",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "contingency_fee": {
      "description": "Filter on attorney-supplied fee data. Most listings are public office records that do not publish it; when none in range do, the tool returns total 0 with unsupported_filters rather than implying no attorneys are nearby.",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "radius_miles": {
      "default": 100,
      "description": "Search radius. Defaults to 100mi for broad statewide coverage.",
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 5,
      "maximum": 500
    },
    "limit": {
      "default": 10,
      "description": "Max attorneys to return (1–25).",
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 25
    }
  },
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Return live statistics about the Workers' Rights corpus: total number of court rulings in the research corpus, number of public attorney listings, number of monitored legal data sources, the date the corpus was last updated, and the distribution of case outcomes across the analyzed rulings. Use this to establish scale/credibility or to answer 'how much data do you have / how current is it'.

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