Employment Lawyers Group Services
Job Termination
Long Beach Employment Lawyer
For twenty years our firm has been handling job termination cases in Long Beach. A few specific labor issues unique to Long Beach job termination cases include oil refinery jobs, port jobs, trucking, many hospital and medical employees, and a near 40% Hispanic population in Long Beach. The median income in Long Beach is also on the low side which leads to labor abuse for employees. v allow us to use our experience representing the Long Beach area workforce to represent you!
Our job termination lawyers can take your job termination case on a contingency if it involves:
Wrongful Termination
Termination Due to a Protected Medical Condition
Disability, Cancer, Family Medical Leave, Pregnancy, or a Work Injury
Besides mere job termination cases we handle cases for:
- Sexual Harassment
(verbal & physical) whether done by coworker, customer, or managers - Breach of Employment Contracts
- Failure to Properly Pay Wages
Bonuses, Commissions, Meal Breaks, Overtime, Prevailing Wage, and Rest Breaks
We also spend our time examining Workers Compensation Cases.
Workers compensation cases may involve:
- A Physical Injury at Work
- Chemical Exposure Such as to Sulfur Dioxide, or Chemicals Used in Oil Refining
- A Psychological Injury at Work
- Retaliation Due to a Work Injury, Medical Treatment Due to the Injury, or Filing a Workers Compensation Case
- Termination of a Job Due to a Work Injury
- A Failure to Reinstate the Employee Once They Are Recovered and Healed
Long Beach has several large government employers where prevailing wage work is frequently done on their sites by outside contractors. If you performed construction work, for an employer at any of the following job sites, and were not paid prevailing wage contact our office:
- Construction Work done for the Long Beach Unified School District Should be Paid at Prevailing Wage
- Construction Work Done for the City of Long Beach Should be Paid at Prevailing Wage
- Construction Work Done at the Long Beach City College Should be Paid at Prevailing Wage
- Construction Work Done at California State University Long Beach Should be Paid at Prevailing Wage
- Construction Work Done for Long Beach Transit Should be Paid at Prevailing Wage
Between the Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and Saint Mary Medical Center, Long Beach employees over 7,000 hospital employees. Surrounding these two large Long Beach hospitals, there is an entire medical industry. In addition, there is the Pacific Hospital of Long Beach. Molina Healthcare and SCAN Health Plan are also large Long Beach employers of medical professionals. Our job termination law firm has considerable experience representing healthcare workers.
Common employment issues for healthcare workers include:
- Healthcare Whistle Blowing Because Healthcare Workers Are Mandated Reporters(If the Complaints Were Internal it is Still Whistleblowing and can be Wrongful Termination)
- Staffing Agencies Creating Labor Violations
- Long Hours Often Not Properly Paid at Overtime Rates
- Meal Breaks Not Paid For
- Sexual Harassment is Common in the Hospital Setting
Examples of Long Beach Labor Cases Our Firm Has Handled Include:
Our Firm: No upfront fees or costs
Contingency Fee Representation
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.
Serving Los Angeles County
We have proudly served all of Los Angeles County since 1993.
The Employment Lawyers Group has successfully handled
2,000+
Separate California Employment Cases
Media Engagements
KABC
Talk Radio 790
WAVE
The Wave 94.7
CBS 8 SD
Employment Law TV
Daily Journal
Fortune
Magazine
Fox News
New York Magazine
Newsweek
Magazine
The Recorder
Sacramento Bee
SHRM
HR Magazine
WSJ
The Wall Street Journal
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.
Our California Locations
Bakersfield
5401 Business Park S, #214,
Bakersfield CA 93309
Los Angeles
Orange County
Riverside
Sacramento
777 Campus Commons Rd, #200,
Sacramento CA 95825
San Bernardino
San Diego
San Francisco
524 Union St, #400,
San Francisco CA 94133
San Jose
Sherman Oaks
Torrance
Ventura
Additional Sites
BostonLaborLaw.com
DcLaborAttorney.com
FresnoEmployeeLawyer.com
JobLawyer.net
MarylandLaborAttorney.com
ModemStud.com
VintageLosAngeles.org
WorkLawyerCA.info
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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