# California Labor Board, Wage Lawyer Class Actions, Fired > Employee lawyers for work issues overtime, minimum wage, meal breaks, prevailing wage, FMLA, illegally terminated Source: https://worklawyerca.com/employee-attorney/ Firm: Employment Lawyers Group — employee-side employment lawyers since 1993. Serving Los Angeles County, California. Phone: (818) 783-7300 (calling is the fastest way to reach the legal team) Office: 13418 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 Contact form: https://worklawyerca.com/contact/ Consultations are free and confidential; cases are taken on contingency. --- Employment law has grown over the last twenty five years to include a variety of different types of lawsuits that can be brought against a California employer. The crux of employment law involves the loss of a job, harassment usually based upon race or sex, [work injuries](https://worklawyerca.com/los-angeles-workers-compensation/), and unpaid wages. California employment law is fraught with exceptions, variations, and specific requirements. It is one thing to read about employee rights on the internet, and it is another to understand how employee rights work and if they will work in your specific situation. **CALL (818) 783-7300 FOR ONE OF THE LONGEST STANDING LAW FIRMS REPRESENTING EMPLOYEES IN CALIFORNIA** Wrongful termination exists if there is a job termination, or somebody is forced to quit. Refusing to put an employee to work for an extended period of time may constitute a job termination. Wrongful termination is not a job termination that is merely unfair or morally inappropriate. Jobs terminations that are morally inappropriate because they violate an actual law called a statute are wrongful termination. [Wrongful termination](https://worklawyerca.com/wrongful-termination-settlements/) is based upon: - **Complaints of illegal working conditions** - **Job terminations due to the employer’s dishonoring pay that is due to the employee** - **Protected characteristics such as age, disability, FMLA, medical condition, pregnancy, race, sex, or sexual orientation** Harassment at work that is neither sexual nor racial is not likely to be a case. The Employment Lawyers Group, however, has won notable pregnancy harassment lawsuits. Pregnancy harassment occurs when the employer is intent on making the employee violate pregnancy related restrictions such as lifting, or they make fun of the employee due to pregnancy. ')?> Here’s a tip. Our law firm only handles cases in court or binding arbitration. Unfortunately, some of the courthouses close to you may only handle criminal or traffic cases. In Los Angeles County, the best court for employee lawsuits is the downtown Los Angeles courthouse. They have the most judges there, the fastest time to try, and the best jury pool possibly in the country shows up to that courthouse. Experienced employment lawyers will always try to file employment cases in the downtown Los Angeles courthouse if the employee's employment was in Los Angeles County, the harasser lives there, or other factors making it a Los Angeles case. ## WAGE ATTORNEY In the last fifteen years wage and hour cases have become popular. Many wage and hour cases are meritorious. California has specific labor laws that differ from Federal labor laws which are intended to be the most basic protections for employees. There are also quite a few labor laws specific to only California. In the last few years new labor laws have come out on a frequent basis. Many employers are not up to date on all California labor laws. Wage lawsuits involve: - **Unpaid wages of all kinds including bonuses, commissions, hourly wage, and stock options** - **Meal Breaks** - **Rest Breaks** - **Overtime and Double Time** - **Misclassified Independent Contractors** - **Paystubs that fails to correctly state all rates of pay, number of hours worked** - **Prevailing wages for employees who do construction on government sites** - **PAGA Private Attorney General Penalties** The Employment Lawyers Group handles wage and hour cases on an individual, group, and classwide basis. Examples of recent wage and hour successes of the Employment Lawyers Group Include: - **Denied meal and rest breaks to hotel workers** - **Oil field workers not paid for waiting to be called (restricted on-call)** - **Hotel workers never paid for more than 8 hour shifts** - **Emergency service workers forced to be on call 24/7 and fired if they don’t pick up their phones and go to work** - **Janitors paid less than minimum wage** - **Prevailing wages to construction workers** - **Rest breaks denied to restaurant workers** - **Nurses on-call and not paid for time waiting to be called** #### **CALL (818) 783-7300 TO GET START A LAWSUIT FOR UNPAID WAGES** ### UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE Unemployment is the sad part of wrongful termination. The time it takes to find a new job is past lost wages. Future lost wages is how long it will take to get back to the wage the employee had and/or would have earned had they not been wrongfully terminated. The standard for unemployment is different than the standard for winning an employment lawsuit. The employer has to show the employee was terminated for gross misconduct, or they quit for a reason that unemployment does not cover. In civil court, wrongful termination plaintiffs have the burden of proving their case. Their case must fit within the narrow confines of an employment termination made illegal under California law. Filing for unemployment is not inconsistent with maintaining a lawsuit for a loss of a job, or any other employment related lawsuit. Not filing for unemployment after losing a job is suspect. If somebody does not file for unemployment that makes the employee seem like they were not interested in working. Moreover, not filing for unemployment relieves somebody of the obligation to report to unemployment they have made sufficient job searches in order to receive unemployment perhaps because they are not actually looking for a job. Employees who are not looking for work generally cannot claim lost wages. The Employment Lawyers Group does not represent employees in unemployment hearings. If you are already our client we might provide you with legal advice. If you already went to an unemployment hearing we will try to obtain the recording made in the hearing. If you lost your unemployment hearing that does not mean you cannot sue for wrongful termination. What happens at the Unemployment Appeals Board is not necessarily what will happen if a qualified employment attorney represents you in a court case. The results of the unemployment decision are not admissible in a civil court case. If people testified under oath at the unemployment hearing that testimony might be admissible. Some judges have allowed that testimony, and others have not. **Call (818) 783-7300 IF YOU ARE UNEMPLOYED AND NEED TO SUE YOUR EMPLOYER** The Employment Lawyers Group has offices throughout California. We have represented thousands of employees in individual, group, and class actions. We take all cases on a contingency which means we are only paid when and if we collect money from the employer. ## Our Firm: No Upfront Fees or Costs ### Contingency Fee Representation All employment cases for employees are taken on a **contingency basis**. We are only paid a fee **when and if we win** your case, and we **advance all litigation costs**. Our goal is to make expert legal representation accessible to every hardworking employee. ### Serving Los Angeles County We have proudly served all of Los Angeles County since 1993. Ready to discuss your case? (818) 783-7300 Submit A Contact Form The Employment Lawyers Group has successfully handled 2,000+ Separate California Employment Cases ## Media Engagements ## Sample Case Results breach of commission contract $1,150,000 Unpaid commissions of two plaintiffs unpaid wages $875,000 For 4 oil field service industry workers whose times worked were not recorded on timesheets and were on-call forced to work without pay standby pay case $800,000 Controlled stand by class action settlement Disclaimer: These results are based on the facts of these specific cases and do not guarantee or predict a similar result in any future case. ## Practice Areas [Discrimination Age, Disability, FMLA/CFRA, Gender, National Origin, Pregnancy, Race, and Sexual Orientation discrimination claims.](https://worklawyerca.com/discrimination-attorney-8-facts-to-prove/) [Unpaid Wages & Overtime Recovering earnings for overtime, bonuses, commissions, meal & rest break violations, and prevailing wage claims.](https://worklawyerca.com/unpaid-wages-attorney-los-angeles/) [Sexual Harassment Compassionate and effective representation for sexual harassment and hostile work environment claims.](https://worklawyerca.com/sexual-harassment/) [Wrongful Termination Representing employees terminated in violation of public policy, contracts, or California and federal law.](https://worklawyerca.com/wrongful-termination-settlements/) [Leaves & Retaliation Protecting employees who face adverse actions after reporting illegal activity or taking protected medical leave.](https://worklawyerca.com/leave-of-absence-lawyer-los-angeles/) [Whistleblowers Advocating for employees who report fraud, waste, or abuse under California and federal whistleblower protection laws.](https://worklawyerca.com/los-angeles-whistle-blower-lawyer/) ## Our California Locations ### Bakersfield [BakersfieldLaborAttorney.com](https://bakersfieldlaborattorney.com) 5401 Business Park S, #214, Bakersfield CA 93309 [(661) 412-9600](tel:6614129600) ### Los Angeles [EmployeeLawCA.com](https://employeelawca.com/) 611 Wilshire Blvd, #1023, Los Angeles CA 90017 [(323) 525-1600](tel:3235251600) ### Orange County [WorkLawyerOC.com](https://worklawyeroc.com) 2522 Chambers Rd, #100, Tustin CA 92780 [(714) 210-8000](tel:7142108000) ### Riverside [RiversideEmploymentLawyer.com](https://riversideemploymentlawyer.com) 9496 Magnolia Ave, #208, Riverside CA 92503 [(951) 367-1000](tel:9513671000) ### Sacramento [SacramentoLaborAttorney.com](https://sacramentolaborattorney.com) 777 Campus Commons Rd, #200, Sacramento CA 95825 [(916) 340-0000](tel:9163400000) ### San Bernardino [EmploymentAttorneySanBernardino.com](https://employmentattorneysanbernardino.com) 337 N. 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He has represented a wide range of employees throughout California. Mr. Gerber has won **51 of the binding arbitrations and jury trials** he first chaired, and a number of his appeals are published. This deep trial experience is the foundation of the firm's strategic approach to litigation. The employment attorneys employed by the Employment Lawyers Group have worked at the firm well in excess of five years, have also tried many different labor cases, and have all been **extensively trained on employment and wrongful termination law by Karl Gerber**. [Meet Karl Gerber](https://worklawyerca.com/karl-gerber/) ## Ready to Discuss Your Case? Your rights as an employee matter. Submit a contact form and we'll get back to you. Submit A Contact Form [Call (818) 783-7300 Now](tel:8187837300)