Labor Board Offices in Los Angeles County

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