# DIR, DLSE, labor board filings can be appealed by employers

> Employment lawyers get better results than the labor board which cannot give you finality let us recover your wages

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Employees owed small amount of unpaid wages, generally less than a few thousand dollars, may be best served by filing their wage dispute with the Labor Commission.

If the pay practice effected multiple people, even if the unpaid wage is small, it is worth consulting with an experienced wage and hour lawyer to see if you might be able to file a group action for wages,

class action

for unpaid wages, or a

Private Attorney General (PAGA)

action to recover wages for the group or all of the people effected by the wage problem.

Otherwise, please consider the following resources.

Labor Board Offices in Los Angeles County:

Long Beach
 300 Oceangate,
 Suite 302
 Long Beach, CA 90802
 (562) 590-5048
 LaborComm.WCA.LBO@dir.ca.gov

Los Angeles
 320 W. Fourth Street,
 Suite 450
 Los Angeles, CA 90013
 (213) 620-6330
 LaborComm.WCA.LAO@dir.ca.gov
 
 Van Nuys
 6150 Van Nuys Blvd.,
 Room 206
 Van Nuys, CA 91401
 (818) 901-5315
 LaborComm.WCA.VNO@dir.ca.gov

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (DIR) DIVISION OF LABOR STANDARDS ENFORCEMENT (DLSE):

The official name for the Labor Board is the Department of Industrial Relations abbreviated DIR which stands for The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE). This is where employees should go if they are owed a small amount of wages. The DLSE is probably better than small claims court. Bringing a lawsuit through a private lawyer to collect one paycheck, or a few hundred dollars in pay is generally not practical. If the employer is still in business and the unlawful pay practice effected many people it might be a case a private lawyer can take on without any fees or costs up front; contingency representation.

El Centro
 1550 W. Main St.
 El Centro, CA 92243
 (760) 353-0607
 San Francisco
 455 Golden Gate Ave.,
 10th Floor
 DLSE2@dir.ca.gov
 
 
 San Bernardino
 LaborComm.WCA.SBA@dir.ca.gov
 464 W. Fourth Street,
 Room 348
 San Bernardino, CA 92401
 (909) 383-4334
 LaborComm.WCA.SBO@dir.ca.gov

San Diego
 7575 Metropolitan Dr.,
 Room 210
 San Diego, CA 92108
 (619) 220-5451
 LaborComm.WCA.SDO@dir.ca.gov
 
 
 Santa Ana
 2 MacArthur Place,
 Ste. 800
 Santa Ana, CA 92707
 (714) 558-4910
 LaborComm.WCA.ANA@dir.ca.gov
 
 
 Santa Barbara
 411 E. Canon Perdido,
 Room 3
 Santa Barbara, CA 93101
 (805) 568-1222
 PID 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM,
 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

## CALIFORNIA LABOR BOARD OFFICES

Labor Boards are government agencies aimed at assisting employees in recovering wages their employers owe. In California the Labor Commissioner is part of the Department of Industrial Relations. This administrative agency helps interpret California labor laws. They are also capable of fining employers who violate California Labor laws. Private lawyers are best utilized for large wage disputes and disputes that involve multiple employees. Now with the Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) employee labor lawyers are able to sue employers and receive penalties the employee gets a portion of when the DLSE (a branch of the government) would normally obtain money for such penalties.

California DLSE offices outside of Los Angeles County and Southern California include:

Bakersfield
 7718 Meany Ave
 Bakersfield, CA 93308
 (661) 587-3060
 LaborComm.WCA.BAK@dir.ca.gov
 
 
 Fresno
 770 E. Shaw Avenue,
 Ste. 222
 Fresno, CA 93710
 (559) 244-5340
 LaborComm.WCA.FRE@dir.ca.gov
 
 
 Oakland
 1515 Clay Street,
 Room 401
 Oakland, CA 94612
 (510) 285-2118
 
 
 Oakland
 1515 Clay Street,
 Suite 801
 Oakland, CA 94612
 (510) 622-3273
 LaborComm.WCA.OAK@dir.ca.gov
 
 
 Redding
 250 Hemsted Drive,
 2nd Floor, Suite A
 Redding, CA 96002
 (530) 225-2655
 PID 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM,
 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
 LaborComm.WCA.RED@dir.ca.gov

Sacramento
 2031 Howe Avenue,
 Suite 100
 Sacramento, CA 95825
 (916) 263-1811
 LaborComm.WCA.SAC@dir.ca.gov
 
 
 Salinas
 950 E. Blanco Rd.,
 Suite 204
 Salinas, CA 93901
 (831) 443-3041
 PID 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM,
 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
 LaborComm.WCA.SAL@dir.ca.gov
 
 
 San Francisco, CA 94102
 (415) 703-5300
 LaborComm.WCA.SFO@dir.ca.gov
 
 
 San Jose
 100 Paseo de San Antonio,
 Room 120
 San Jose, CA 95113
 (408) 277-1266
 LaborComm.WCA.SJO@dir.ca.gov
 
 
 Santa Rosa
 50 "D" Street,
 Suite 360
 Santa Rosa, CA 95404
 (707) 576-2362
 PID 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM,
 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
 LaborComm.WCA.SRO@dir.ca.gov
 
 
 Stockton
 31 E. Channel Street,
 Room 317
 Stockton, CA 95202
 (209) 948-7771
 PID Hours effective 5/1/18
 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM,
 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
 LaborComm.WCA.STK@dir.ca.gov

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