WHAT RISK DO EMPLOYEES HAVE IN BRINGING CASES AGAINST THEIR EMPLOYERS?
For most employment lawsuits, the employee has very little risk in bringing a case against their employer. In cases involving employment discrimination, sexual harassment, and most lawsuits for unpaid wages the employer cannot make the employee pay fees or costs if the employee loses. Exceptions, however, may exist.
Employees are often afraid filing a lawsuit against their employer will ruin their reputation. Experienced employment lawyers are not so sure. First of all, whatever happened that is causing an employee to sue a job was not a good workplace event. There is already a bad vibe surrounding the job. Second, most employers are prohibited from giving references other than dates of employment, position, and maybe salary (referred to as name, rank, serial number in the field of employment law and human resources). It should also be considered whether the employer will already give the employee a bad reference, and how far past the job the employee is. Employers generally are not interested in calling very old references, and jobs before the employee’s last.
Employees face repercussions if they bring a frivolous lawsuit against the company they used to work for. Frivolous means they have gone out of their way to perjure themselves. It may also includes bribing witnesses to lie which is a crime. Bringing cases for matters that were already settled, or lost in court also constitute frivolous conduct. If a right-to-sue letter is required, as is the case for employment discrimination and sexual harassment, and one was never obtained the case may also be deemed frivolous. Suing the wrong entity, or person, and persisting in suing the wrong entity or person may also be deemed frivolous. The mere fact somebody loses their case does not mean it is frivolous. Frivolity is reserved for situations such as the above.
Most important, if the Employment Lawyers Group gets involved they strive for a large recovery for the wronged worker. Although this is not a warranty, prediction, or guarantee, they believe the kind of money they are capable of receiving in a successful case is likely to outweigh the risks and turmoil involved in bringing the case. Click here to see some of our case results.
Experienced employment lawyers can help you decide whether it is worth suing your employer when you call 805-200-0100
OXNARD EMPLOYMENT LAWYER
The Employment Lawyers Group are your Oxnard Employment Lawyers. The law firm only represents employees. Since 2009 they have maintained offices in Oxnard. Whether you are working at the Collection in a big box store, in agriculture, hospitality, the medical profession, as a private contractor at Point Mugu, or anywhere else in Ventura County and California the Employment Lawyers Group are there for you. They also have offices in Sherman Oaks, Bakersfield, and Riverside if you are concerned about a law firm that is only in Oxnard.
As employment lawyers, the Employment Lawyers Group handles cases for:
- California Family Rights Act (CFRA)/Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) violations
- Disability Discrimination (fired over a medical condition, not reinstated, not accommodated)
- Pregnancy Discrimination (fired due to being pregnant, requests for maternity leave)
- Race Discrimination (generally involving offensive comments)
- Sexual Harassment
- Wages (bonuses, commissions, meals breaks, overtime, prevailing wage, rest breaks, time
worked that was not recorded on time records and was not paid aka off the clock work)
The Employment Lawyers Group also handles : Age Discrimination, Breach of Employment Contracts, Fired Over Military Duty, Religious Discrimination, Sex Discrimination cases, and work injuries against employers.
805-200-0100 is the right place to call if you need to sue your job
EMPLOYEE LAWYER PAID OUT OF SETTLEMENT OR TRIAL WIN
If you are fired from your job, owed wages, or sexually harassed you could never afford to pay a lawyer by the hour. When representing employees the Employment Lawyers Group does not take any money up front. They only represent employees on a contingency which means they advance the costs of the case and get paid a percent out of what is collect, or if they win. In most employment lawsuits, the employer has to pay the employee’s attorney fees and costs if the employee wins. If that happens, and the court awards adequate fees and costs the Employment Lawyers Group will not charge a percent of the recovery. That may motivate some employees to allow a competent law firm to actually try their case in arbitration or court.
The economic risk in bringing a case against a job, given the contingent nature of attorney fees, is all on the employee’s attorney. For those reasons, the client really needs to be cooperative during the litigation. This includes looking through old emails and text messages to find evidence. Evidence may include paystubs, emails or texts from managers, and documents the employer requests during the case. Cooperation also means giving the employee’s lawyer the time, being respectful, answering calls, and being available for depositions.
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 Ventura County
We have proudly served all of Ventura 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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