Meal Break Lawyer In Los Angeles
Employees who are paid by the hour, or are otherwise referred to as, "Non-Exempt" employees areentitled to a 30 minute meal break before their 5th hour of work. Employers who require employeesto record meal breaks they did not receive are violating California labor law. The meal breaks mustbe uninterrupted, and the employee must be free to leave the employer's premises. Please contactus at (323) 525-1600 if you need to sue for unpaid meal breaks or any issue against a privateemployer. Unfortunately we do not sue the government if they are your employer.
In recent years, we have succeeded in meal break cases where:
- There is evidence the employee worked through the meal break such as work records
- The employee did not fill out her/his/their own timesheets
- The time sheets do not reflect any meal breaks were taken
- The time sheets reflect meal breaks taken after the 5th hour of work
- The time sheets reflect meal breaks taken of less than 30 minutes
- The employee is required to answer their phone when on a meal break
- The conditions of the job prevent a meal break (only person at a store, cannot stop work)
Lunch Break Law Violation Settlements
Our law firm has obtained the following recent results for employees in missed meal break cases.Many of these cases involved multiple employees:
- $875,000 for missed meal breaks for 4 employees and other wage issus
- $800,000 for missed meal breaks for emergency service workers
- $775,000 missed meal breaks for care givers
- $750,000 missed meal breaks for janitors
- $400,000 won arbitration for phlebotomists who missed meal breaks
- $300,000 for a few oil field service workers who missed meal breaks
- $250,000 2 oil field service workers whose meal breaks were not properly recorded
These results are not a guarantee nor prediction of the results that may be obtained in yourcaseThe value of a meal break case depends on how many meal breaks were missed and the employee'shourly pay. The next question, for settlement, is how likely will the employee win the case. If it isunlikely the employer can win obviously the case will settle for more than in a case in which it isquestionable.
Call our office and determine if you can sue for missed meal breaks (323) 525-1600. Sue for mealbreak violations and interrupted meal breaks.
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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.
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Sample Case Results
Employment Case
$18,402,868
Jury verdict for male visually harassed and subject to crude comments by a female manager
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
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, Family Medical Leave (FMLA/CFRA), Gender, National Origin, Pregnancy, Race, and Sexual Orientation claims.
Unpaid Wages & Overtime
Recovering earnings for Overtime, Bonuses, Commissions, Meal & Rest Breaks, and Prevailing Wage violations.
Sexual Harassment
Compassionate and effective representation for victims of sexual harassment and hostile work environment claims.
Wrongful Termination
Representing employees terminated in violation of public policy, contracts, or California and Federal law.
Leaves & Retaliation
Protecting employees who face adverse actions after reporting illegal activity or taking protected medical leave.
Whistleblowers
Advocating for employees who report fraud, waste, or abuse in their organizations under whistleblower protections.
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About Firm Founder, Karl Gerber
Firm Founder, Karl Gerber, has been an employment wrongful termination attorney since 1993. 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 wrongful termination by Karl Gerber.
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