# Unpaid Wages Lawyer California | Job Lawyer Wage Attorney > Sue for overtime, meal breaks, prevailing wage, bonus pay, commissions, wages never paid, rest breaks, hours worked Source: https://joblawyer.net/unpaid-wages/ 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://joblawyer.net/contact/ Consultations are free and confidential; cases are taken on contingency. --- The term wage lawyer, wage and hour lawyer, wage compensation lawyer, and upaid wage lawyer have many meanings. All employment law cases, including those for job terminations, have a lost wage and benefit component. In addition to recovering lost wages in cases of [wrongful termination](https://joblawyer.net/wrongful-termination/) or a [discriminatory job termination](https://joblawyer.net/discrimination/), our California wage lawyers also obtain monetary settlements and verdicts for employees who have experienced California Labor Code violations. These California Labor Code Violations may be for legally required minimum wage, meal breaks, overtime, prevailing wage, or rest breaks. This article explains what types of unpaid wages our California Labor Lawyers can obtain for employees. Because unpaid wage law is broken up between wages simply not paid and wages due to illegal job terminations this article is divided into those two categories. CALL (818) 783-7300 to speak to a **California Unpaid Wage Lawyer** for a private consultation ## CALIFORNIA LABOR CODE VIOLATIONS Both the California Labor Code and the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provide employee rights to certain wages, penalties, interest, and often the requirement the employer pay the employee’s attorney fees and costs associated with an action for unpaid wages. In the California Labor Code and the FLSA there are important distinctions about exempt and non-exempt employees. The regulation of the hours worked, overtime pay, and meal breaks applies to non-exempt employees. Exempt employees do not have the same rights under the FLSA and California Labor Code. Determinations about who is exempt and non-exempt are complex. Merely because an employee has a supervisory title they are not necessarily exempt. Nor are all white collar positions. You will have to consult with one of our wage and hour lawyers to determine if we think you fall into the exempt versus nonexempt category. There are far too many examples and exceptions for this article to cover them. ## The categories of California wage and hour cases are as follows: - **BREACHES OF CONTRACTS REGULATING EMPLOYEE BONUSES, COMMISSIONS, SEVERANCE PAY, AND STOCK OPTIONS**. Depending on the lega violation damages in addition to the specified contract damages may be available, and so might penalties - **DOUBLE TIME PAY** for hours worked in excess of 12 in a day, and also for nonexempt employees who have worked more than four consecutive weeks without a day off - **[MEAL BREAK VIOLATIONS](https://joblawyer.net/meal-break-lawyer/)** when nonexempt employees are prevented from taking uninterrupted half hour meal breaks, or their employer does not make the taking of these meal breaks realistic - **MINIMUM WAGE VIOLATIONS** can occur not only because an employee is not paid minimum wage, but can also occur if an employee is not paid for all of the hours worked and their pay dips below minimum wage on an hourly basis - **MISCLASSIFICATION** of exempt or nonexempt status, or independent contractor - **OFF THE CLOCK WORK** occurs when nonexempt employees are not paid for all of the hours they work - **OVERTIME PAY** for all work over eight in a day or forty in a week for nonexempt workers - **PAYSTUB VIOLATIONS** occur when the paystub fails to indicate the correct number of hours worked, any number of hours worked, the rate of pay, the name of the employer, and other things enumerated in the California Labor Code - **PREVAILING WAGE PAY** is pay construction workers on Prevailing Wage Public Works Contracts must be paid. - **[Click Here](https://joblawyer.net/karl-gerber/#Karl)** for firm head, Karl Gerber's expansive continuing legal education article on prevailing wages - **REST BREAKS** are owed to nonexempt employees. These rest breaks must be for tenminutes or more without interruption Our unpaid wage lawyers have handled all sorts of cases for unpaid wages including controlled standby, tip pooling, unreimbursed expenses, and wage theft. **Call (818) 783-7300 to speak to a California unpaid wage lawyer** ### Examples Of Our Wage & Hour Case Results: ### Recover Wage Loss For Unlawful Job Terminations Our California job termination lawyers have recovered more than **$100,000,000 in wages for employees** who were unjustly fired. These wages include past lost wages, future lost wages, benefit loss such as health insurance, 401k, and more. Although lost wages are a big part of [wrongful termination](https://joblawyer.net/wrongful-termination/) and job losses due to discrimination, in those lawsuits employees can also recover damages for emotional distress and possibly punitive damages. To read more about workplace discrimination click here [Workplace Discrimination](https://joblawyer.net/discrimination/) For information on Wrongful Termination click here [Wrongful Termination Articles](https://worklawyerca.com/?s=wrongful+termination) The Employment Lawyers Group represents employees throughout California. We have six offices in Southern California, an office in [Bakersfield](https://bakersfieldlaborattorney.com/), [Oxnard](https://venturaemploymentlawyer.com/), and three offices in Northern California. All of our employee lawsuits are taken on a contingency which means you only pay legal fees out of money we are able to obtain from your employer. All of our law firm attorneys are long term employees only handling employment law. CALL (818) 783-7300 for an experienced California employee wage and hour lawyer ## 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://joblawyer.net/discrimination/) [Unpaid Wages & Overtime Recovering earnings for overtime, bonuses, commissions, meal & rest break violations, and prevailing wage claims.](https://joblawyer.net/unpaid-wages/) [Sexual Harassment Compassionate and effective representation for sexual harassment and hostile work environment claims.](https://joblawyer.net/sexual-harassment/) [Wrongful Termination Representing employees terminated in violation of public policy, contracts, or California and federal law.](https://joblawyer.net/wrongful-termination/) [Leaves & Retaliation Protecting employees who face adverse actions after reporting illegal activity or taking protected medical leave.](https://joblawyer.net/leaves-of-absence/) [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://joblawyer.net/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)