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Legal Representation and Counsel for Wage and Work Hour Violations

When an employee is not paid their due wages, either because of a mistake or because their employer is wrongfully withholding wages, the resulting legal situation can be very stressful and confusing. This is especially true when the employee does not hire a competent Orange County employment attorney to fight for their rights and obtain compensation for their losses. If your employer is not paying you the wages you are supposed to be receiving, don’t hesitate to hire an experienced Orange County labor lawyer.

Although some wage claims for unpaid overtime or meal breaks can be handled by the Labor Commission, it is unlikely that your overtime or meal break claim will resolve there. if it does not, you may prejudice your rights by filling out paperwork at the Labor Commission that does not accurately reflect your working hours, or the extent of your labor claim. In addition, it is unlikely that all penalties and interest on your wage claim will be recovered by the Labor Commission through settlement of adjudication of your overtime or meal break case. An experienced Orange County Labor attorney is much more able to assist you in obtaining proper compensation on your overtime or meal break claim. If you have a dispute about unpaid commissions, that is likely to be beyond the capacity of the Labor Commission. The same is true for complicated prevailing wages cases or a case in which you were paid less that you were supposed to be paid.


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Filing an Unpaid Wages Claim in Orange County California


The first step to take in a wage and hour claim before an administrative agency is to complete the Initial Report of Claim form through the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE). It would be wise to do so with the counsel of an employment lawyer. After submitting the form, your claim will be reviewed by a Deputy Labor Commissioner who will decide whether or not a conference should be held. If they decide in the affirmative, a Notice of Claim Filed and Conference will be mailed to you with the time, date and location of your conference.

At this informal meeting, you and your employer will speak with the deputy about the claim in order to determine whether there are legal grounds to continue and if the issue can be resolved outside of court. If not, a hearing will be scheduled and a Notice of Hearing sent to both parties with a time, date and location. At the hearing, the employee must be represented by an attorney with the skill and knowledge to prove that their rights have been violated and that compensation should be paid to the employee for the damages suffered.

If you have a labor attorney, depending on the nature of your claim to unpaid wages, your labor lawyer may or may not choose to file your claim for wages with the Labor Commissioner. An experienced Orange County labor lawyer knows which wage claims must be filed before an administrative agency and which do not have to be. Filing an administrative claim with the Labor Commission is a waste of time if it isn’t required and you have an Orange County labor lawyer to obtain your unpaid wages. If you are owed significant unpaid wages, minimum wage, overtime, prevailing wages or meal or rest breaks, you will probably receive better compensation and results in your wage dispute than the Labor Board could obtain for you with or without a labor lawyer.

Legal Representation and Counsel for Wage and Work Hour Violations

$1,150,000 Unpaid commissions of two plaintiffs

$875,000 For 4 oil field service industry workers whose times worked were not recorded on timesheets and were on-call

$800,000 Controlled stand by class action settlement

$800,000 For mis-classified independent contractors

$775,000 For small class action of employees not allowed meal breaks or cell phone reimbursements while caring for dependent adults

$750,000 Disability discrimination settlement for employee who had heart problems

$750,000 Sub-Minimum wage class action settlement

$500,000 Unpaid days of work to 4 oil rig workers

$460,000 Unpaid hours of work for security officers & PAGA Violations

$450,000 Settlement for 2 on-call workers

$450,000 Paystub violations

$450,000 Being on controlled standby

$400,000 Recovery following arbitration win for 4 employees who worked off the clock

$400,000 Following arbitration win for meal & rest breaks for 3 employees

$360,000 For missed meal and rest breaks, and overtime for 3 employees, and PAGA penalties for less than 25

$350,000 To 2 employees in vacation rental business working off-the-clock overtime

$350,000 Due to fixed bonus pay not figured into overtime for a directional driller

$350,000 For controlled standby and overtime for one employee

$350,000 Nurse mis-classified as independent contractor who was on-call

$350,000 For prevailing wage and paystub itemizations

$302,000 Controlled standby pay for two telecommunication workers in a hospital

$300,000 Verdict of punitive damages in wrongful termination case due to employee's refusal to work without rest breaks

$300,000 Multiple Worker Claims for Unpaid Wages for Oil Gauge and Calibration Inspectors on Docked Coastal Vessels

$275,000 Unpaid minimum wage, overtime double and double time due to on call work for two technicians at a radio/television station

$260,000 For controlled stand by pay

$260,000 For sexual harassment in a supermarket

$250,000 For 2 oil field service technicians not paid overtime

$250,000 For radiology technician on-call and small PAGA group

$250,000 For whistle-blower about unpaid overtime

$205,000 Unpaid wages, overtime, labor code section 2699 penalties- arbitration award for multiple plaintiffs

$200,000 For on-call work, retaliation, forced to quit security officer

$200,000 For prevailing wage and FMLA violations

$175,000 Failure to pay minimum wage

$175,000 Unpaid overtime of 2 limo drivers of a small company

$125,000 Breach of contract, unpaid wages in the web industry

$120,000 Unpaid wages for tow truck drivers

$120,000 Male on male sexual harassment Unpaid wages, overtime, labor code section 2699 penalties- arbitration award of over

$115,000 Sexual harassment of car saleswoman minor unpaid commissions

$115,000 Sexual harassment of car saleswoman & minor unpaid commissions

$109,500 Unpaid prevailing wages for 2 employees of a small company

* Please be advised that past results are not a guaranty nor prediction of future case results


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Orange County sure has grown up, and so have the employment problems there. Over the years we have handled all sorts of different Orange County employment lawsuits ranging from a class action for failure to pay minimum wage to hotels workers, an age discrimination trial, controlled standby in the vacation rental industry, and harassment. Contact us if you need help.

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From a controlled standby pay deposition in Costa Mesa. Orange County sure has been built up. We've been around so long we can remember when there was a Fedco in Costa Mesa, and none of these big buildings were there. The Employment Lawyers Group represents employees all across California. In Orange County we have a Tustin office.

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Fueling in the Mission Viejo area while on my way to meet eight plaintiffs for a potential rest break and cellular phone reimbursement class action in San Diego. If a large group of employees needs to meet on the weekend I will do it even if it's my only day off which Saturday sometimes is.

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