# Expert CA Employment Lawyers: Unpaid Wages, Bonuses > Expert California employment attorneys specializing in unpaid wages, misclassified contractors, restaurant wage lawsuits, and denied bonuses. Source: https://worklawyerca.com/sherman-oaks-wage-lawyer/ 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. --- Residential construction involves tight spaces, lots of machinery, and a 12 yard dump truck. All of this can lead to injuries, unpaid wages, and other Labor violations. On top of it, 16% of all construction workers are mis-classified independent contractors. Construction workers comprise the largest industry for independent contractors. I would have thought it would be IT professionals. ## Restaurant Worker Wage Lawsuits This one goes out to all my clients who work in restaurants. These days, a hip establishment like King's Head in Studio City has a dedicated device for Grub Hub orders, Uber Eats, and the list goes on. Thanks to guys like me (who deal in meal and rest break violations or errant time keeping software aimed at underpaying) this restaurant is serious about telling their employees to clock out. ### Unpaid Bonuses Around this time of year I receive many calls from employees asking about bonuses they were expecting, but did not get. In California, it is illegal to deprive an employee of an earned bonus. In determining if a bonus has to be paid I need to find out: 1) What contract or agreement entitles the employee to a bonus?; 2) Has all or substantially all of the work been done that entitles the employee to the bonus; 3) Is the bonus discretionary? For more information about California unpaid wages see: [https://employeelawca.com/los-angeles-unpaid-wages-lawyer/](https://employeelawca.com/los-angeles-unpaid-wages-lawyer/) My law firm has litigated many cases involving unpaid bonuses including cash out payments and stock options. If you have questions about unpaid wags in California, Massachusetts, Texas, or Washington D.C. please contact me at (818) 783-7300. I have been representing employees on a contingency since 1993. #### Wage and Hour Class Action Versus Individual Employee Wage Case I was one of the first lawyers to use Labor Code Section 2699. By 2005 I had tried a 2699 case, given two MCLE lectures on it, and published at least one article on California Labor Code Section 2699 which was not yet referred to as PAGA by every Tom, Dick, and Harry. By 2007 many were critical of 2699 and claimed it was too much trouble for a 25% recovery for clients. 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