Wage Loss lawyer
It is important to understand unemployment figures. The rates vary greatly by education and county. The present national unemployment figure of 8.3% is for high school graduates. There is a 12.4% rate for non high school graduates. The rate of unemployment for bachelor’s degree workers is 4.5% and 2.1% for those with a professional degree.
Wage Loss Report from Orange County
An Orange County jobs report today reports there is an overall 6.2% unemployment rate in Orange County which is very slow. The report indicates that outside of the Silicon Valley, Orange County has a large tech industry which might account for the job growth. During the recession Orange County had a higher than average unemployment rate which was blamed on the loss of jobs in the construction industry and mortgage banking. However, this report is based upon August data. I wonder if Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm, some of the other Orange County amusement parks, and the South Orange County Beach industry staffed up for the summer and that inflated this report. Orange County seems to be a unique job environment. The economy changed with the internet and a lot of people cannot re-tool. Some cannot re-tool because they do not have the education to work in a workplace where computer use, typing, spelling, writing, and reading skills must be on a 2 year college level in order to utilize the internet environment. While a degree from college in the wrong field might not help somebody get a job, it may enable them to learn new things which will allow them to enter employment fields that did not before exist.
Top Wage Loss lawyer in Orange County
Representing employees I make a point of spending a few hours a day to understand the true difficulties in finding work. Other problems I have noted include massification of electronic resumes many of which are not good, wrongfully terminated employees not applying for enough jobs, and I hate to say it but some people not being willing to give up unemployment benefits for a job they might get fired from. If you have any questions about wage loss due to a termination of employment, contact me.
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The Employment Lawyers Group has successfully handled
2,000+
Separate California Employment Cases
Media Engagements
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.
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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