Labor Violations Lawyer
The good https://worklawyerca.com/news/ for any wrongfully terminated worker, including those my firm presently represents, is a new survey claims 16% of businesses expect to add new employees over the next three months. This is the highest figure since the Great Recession. This may be largely based upon the number of small business who expect to hire.Employers Ignore Labor Violations In Los Angeles
Small businesses are ripe for labor violations. Many small businesses do not have true prohibitions against sexual harassment. They often fail to appropriately pay wages whether it be minimum wage, overtime, or prevailing wage. As of 2013, in California all commission agreements must be in writing. The number of small businesses employing employees on unwritten commission agreements is deploring. Needless to say, the unwritten commission agreement may be unenforceable, may be interpreted differently by the employer, and could lead to a wage dispute.
Businesses under 50 employees are not responsible for offering California Family Rights Act Leave (CFRA) also known as Family Medical Leave. Businesses under 5 employees are not liable under the California Fair Employment and Housing Acts for many forms of harassment anddiscrimination. An experienced employment lawyer can advise you whether they may be liable under the California Constitution for multiple forms of discrimination.
Small Business Labor Violations In Court
Once in litigation, employment cases against small employers do not necessarily progress in the same manner as cases against large employers. Small employers are less likely to subject their employees to binding arbitration of their employment claims. Their ability to pay a large judgment may be an issue. However, the ability to bind a small employer for the purpose of punitive damages may be easier because very high up persons are more likely to have interaction with the entire workforce including the wronged worker. Their need to settle is more pronounced because they lack the resources to fight a contingency lawyer in an employment case, but many small businesses do not operate rationally when sued with an employment lawsuit.
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.
The Employment Lawyers Group has successfully handled
2,000+
Separate California Employment Cases
Media Engagements
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Magazine
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Newsweek
Magazine
The Recorder
Sacramento Bee
SHRM
HR Magazine
WSJ
The Wall Street Journal
Sample Case Results
Employment Case
$18,402,868
Jury verdict for male visually harassed and subject to crude comments by a female manager
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
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, Family Medical Leave (FMLA/CFRA), Gender, National Origin, Pregnancy, Race, and Sexual Orientation claims.
Unpaid Wages & Overtime
Recovering earnings for Overtime, Bonuses, Commissions, Meal & Rest Breaks, and Prevailing Wage violations.
Sexual Harassment
Compassionate and effective representation for victims of sexual harassment and hostile work environment claims.
Wrongful Termination
Representing employees terminated in violation of public policy, contracts, or California and Federal law.
Leaves & Retaliation
Protecting employees who face adverse actions after reporting illegal activity or taking protected medical leave.
Whistleblowers
Advocating for employees who report fraud, waste, or abuse in their organizations under whistleblower protections.
Our California Locations
Bakersfield
5401 Business Park S, #214,
Bakersfield CA 93309
Los Angeles
Orange County
Riverside
Sacramento
777 Campus Commons Rd, #200,
Sacramento CA 95825
San Bernardino
San Diego
San Francisco
524 Union St, #400,
San Francisco CA 94133
San Jose
Sherman Oaks
Torrance
Ventura
Additional Sites
BostonLaborLaw.com
DcLaborAttorney.com
FresnoEmployeeLawyer.com
JobLawyer.net
MarylandLaborAttorney.com
ModemStud.com
VintageLosAngeles.org
WorkLawyerCA.info
About Firm Founder, Karl Gerber
Firm Founder, Karl Gerber, has been an employment wrongful termination attorney since 1993. 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 wrongful termination by Karl Gerber.
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