Employment Lawyers Group Services
Breach of Employment Contract
Our employee attorneys represent employees who had a contract for employment with their employer, and the contract has been breached. The contract should be in writing. It is best if the contract at issue is in writing and looks like a contract. However, today, contracts may be formed by text messages. They can also be formed by email. Whatever the case, employment contracts must be relatively clear and definite. Terms that are too elusive or do not seem to be agreed are not enforceable.
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These days it is easy for a potential client to use a phone app to PDF their employment contract to us if they are not able to PDF or fax it. It is important that an experienced employee breach of contract lawyer be able to read the employment contract. Hearing an employee’s explanation of the terms may or may not be helpful or accurate. Many employment contracts contain exceptions and clauses that render the contract not what the employee thought it was. Some contracts are very long and contain attachments. It is important that a qualified employee attorney be given the time to review the terms of the employment contract at issue.
HOW ARE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS BREACHED?
As you might expect there are an infinite number of ways an employment contract can be breached. Ending the contract before its expiration date is a common breach our employment lawyers sue for. In these cases it is important to determine what the term of the contract is. This means how long is the contract for. Is there a clause that allows the employer to terminate the contract with 30 days notice even if the contract is for a period of years? This unfortunately is typical in employment contracts. Employees think they have a good contract guaranteeing them a job for years only to find out the employer can end their job with 30 days notice.
Contract breaches also include the failure to pay the wages promised. We have handled cases in which the employee is not paid the promised wage. We have also handled cases in which the employee has not been paid the commissions the contract specified they must receive. In California, commission agreements are supposed to be in writing. If they are not, there are California Labor Code penalties.
Interruptions in the contract are also breaches. If an employer is making it impossible for the employee to perform because they are refusing to fulfill the employee’s sales that is probably a breach. Any situation where the employee is being prevented from fulfilling their end of the contract is probably a breach.
Obviously, however, there has to be a valid employment contract in order for there to be a breach. Situations in which the party who was offered the contract refused to ever sign the contract are problematic. Situations in which the contract is based upon emails or text messages from somebody without authority to enter into the contract are problematic. Mere oral promises are problematic if the company has an employee manual that states the employees are at-will and only the president of the company can enter into an employment contract. Moreover, the employment application or other documents signed during employment may state the employee is at-will which means they do not have a contract for employment. We are willing to talk to employees about whether what they think they might have is a valid contract. call (310) 842-8600.
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT TERMINATED
Terminated employment contracts often go hand-in-hand with a job termination. If the contract is terminated in order to avoid paying the employee under the contract that is wrongful termination https://jobterminationlaw.com/unfair-job-termination-lawyer/. A mere failure to renew a contract, however, is not necessarily a breach of the contract. If the failure to renew is due to a complaint about something illegal including a failure to pay wages or commissions that too may be wrongful termination.
UNPAID WAGES
How do you know when your employment contract has been terminated? The easy example is your employer asks for the keys back and gives you a final paycheck. The more elusive situations involve employers who are hoping the employee quits. Those situations demand a call to an experienced employment lawyer at (310) 842-8600.
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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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