# Lawyer For Suing Los Angeles Employers Wages, Terminated > California employment law provides many legal rights for employees to sue their employers. Our law firm has been the employee’s labor lawyer over 2,000 cases Source: https://worklawyerca.com/suing-employers/ 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. --- California employment law provides many legal rights for employees to sue their employers. Our law firm has been the employee’s labor lawyer in more than 2,000 lawsuits against employers. There are few, if any, types of employment lawsuits our labor lawyers have not won for our clients. We have sued employers for the following types of employment issues: - [BREACH OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS](https://worklawyerca.com/breach-of-contract-attorney-los-angeles/) Implied by Facts or Conduct, Oral Contracts, Written Contracts - [DISCRIMINATION IN WORK](https://worklawyerca.com/discrimination-in-work/) Discrimination on the basis of Age over 40, disability discrimination, California Family Rights Act Leaves also referred to as FMLA leaves of absence or CFRA leaves of absence, national origin discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, race discrimination, sex discrimination, and sexual orientation discrimination. - [FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE CASES (CFRA or FMLA LEAVES)](https://worklawyerca.com/fmla-family-leave-act/) - [SEXUAL HARASSMENT (Physical, Verbal, or Written)](https://worklawyerca.com/sexual-harassment-lawyer-los-angeles/) - [UNPAID WAGES](https://worklawyerca.com/unpaid-wages-attorney-los-angeles/) Unpaid Bonuses, Commissions, Double Time Pay, Meal Breaks, Violations, Minimum Wage, Overtime Pay, Prevailing Wages, and Rest Break Pay - [WORKERS COMPENSATION](https://worklawyerca.com/los-angeles-workers-compensation/) Workplace Physical Injuries, Retaliation for Workers Compensation, and Stress from work - [WRONGFUL TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT](https://worklawyerca.com/wrongful-termination-lawyer-los-angeles/) WE ADVANCE COURT COST. WE ARE ONLY PAID IF WE WIN! (818) 783-7300 **Employee Breach of Contract Cases** include breaches of implied, oral, or written contracts. Sometimes the legal theory promissory estoppel or promissory fraud comes into play. Many employers cause employees to detrimentally rely such as getting them to quit a job and then never allowing them to work. We have succeeded on this fact pattern under promissory estoppel. We have also sued for fraud when the employer causes the employee to accept a job based upon false facts. **Discrimination in Employment** includes age discrimination against employees over 40, disability discrimination, California Family Rights Act Leaves also referred to as FMLA leaves of absence or CFRA violations, national origin discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, race discrimination, and sex discrimination. **Workplace discrimination** often occurs through harassment. Employees may be harassed about their disability, pregnancy, or sex. We have won many workplace harassment cases. Other discrimination cases involve an employer treating an employee differently due to a protected characteristic such as disability or sex. **Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)** cases involve employees whom qualify for CFRA/FMLA leaves of absence. To qualify the employee must have worked for the employer a minimum of 1,250 hours within the last year, and the employer must have 50 or more employees in a 75 mile radius. These workers are either denied a FMLA leave of absence, or retaliated against for taking the leave of absence from work. CFRA/FMLA leaves of absence are due to serious medical conditions of the employee, or their family members. **Sexual Harassment** can be verbal, physical, or even in writing (text messages or letters). We represent employees who have been sexually harassed by bosses, customers, managers, supervisors, and the owners of the business. Retaliation is typical, but unfortunate, in sexual harassment cases. Retaliation may involve termination of employment, or creating adverse job consequences to the employee who is unhappy about a pattern of sexual harassment. **Unpaid Wage Cases** involve violations of the California Labor Code, and sometimes the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) which is the Federal Labor Code. Wage and hour issues we prosecute for employees include unpaid bonuses, commissions, double time, meal breaks, minimum wage violations, overtime, prevailing wages, and rest breaks. Some wage and hour issues are straight forward. Others involve an employer’s complex scheme to rip-off their employees and avoid paying wages due. *Failing to pay employees for all hours worked, time shaving, and other actions designed to underpay workers are referred to as **employee wage theft***. Wages due include salaries, commissions, bonuses, and money promised through a contract. Wages also include hourly wages. Unpaid wage cases also occur when workers are not reimbursed for expenses they incur while working which benefit their employer. Our employment lawyers handle class action lawsuits in which multiple employees were exposed to the same illegal labor conditions. Presently we are handling a class action involving the nonpayment of meal breaks for dispatchers, and also one for workers in the healthcare industry. Another one of our class action lawsuits involves the nonpayment of prevailing wages for construction workers. A fourth involves the nonpayment of minimum wages, overtime, not paying employees for all hours worked, and paystubs which fail to comply with the California Labor Code. **Whistle Blower Lawsuits** occur when employees complain internally to their employer, or externally to a government agency that their employer is violating the law. The employee’s complaint the employer is violating the law does not have to be 100% legally accurate. If the employee reasonably believes the employer is engaged in suspicious or illegal conduct and complains they are whistleblowers. Some whistleblowers complain to the government. Other employee whistleblowers merely complain within the company to managers and high level employees or officers of the employer. If an employee is fired for blowing the whistle they can sue for wrongful termination. **Wrongful Termination** occurs if there is whistleblowing. Wrongful termination also occurs if an employee is fired due to discrimination. Additionally, engaging in protected conduct at work such as complaining on behalf of others about a protected workplace right such as the right to be free from sexual harassment and then being fired leads to wrongful termination. In certain circumstances the employer intends to terminate the employee’s employment in an effort to avoid paying them wages. Firing an employee to avoid paying them any wage is wrongful termination. If you have any questions about whether you should sue your employer contact our employee labor attorneys at (818) 783-7300 We have represented more than 2,000 employees in lawsuits against their employer since 1993. ## 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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