California Employer Litigation
Sloat Law Group offers employers excellent representation and a vigorous defense in civil litigation relating to labor or employment law disputes. Our Litigation Division, with over 100 years of combined trial and litigation experience, defends employee claims related to wage and hour, discrimination/harassment, contract disputes, retaliation, and other issues in federal and state courts.
Defending Claims Of Wage & Hour Violations
If your employees accuse you of violating California’s wage and hour laws, you can find yourself in a difficult and vulnerable position. Our attorneys represent businesses accused of violating wage and hour regulations and other labor laws on these and other subjects:
- Meal and Rest Periods
- Tips
- Sick, Vacation, Disability and other paid Leaves
- Reimbursement of Business Expenses
- Overtime
- Piece rate, flat rate, commissions, and on-call or standby time
- Breach of Contract/Contract rights concerning pay
- Severance pay
- Paystub compliance
We start our defense of wage and hour violations by careful analysis of your business practices and policies, which may bolster your defenses to these claims. Our attorneys will work to develop strong arguments to fight those allegations based on the facts of your specific case.
Defending Misclassification Claims
Sometimes, as a business, you may benefit from hiring an independent contractor to perform certain work-related tasks for your company. However, if you engage in a relationship with your independent contractor that treats that contractor as an employee, you can face claims that you misclassified workers and owe penalties. Contact our employment law attorneys to discuss ways in which you can protect yourself from employee misclassification claims.
Whether you are being investigated, being audited, facing claims from disgruntled employees, or trying to establish or terminate employment relationships for your business, Sloat Law Group can help you. Call us at 760-779-1313 to speak to an employment law attorney today.
Our employer clients appreciate our litigation tactics and strategy, as well as our record of favorable outcomes in litigation. Our successes within the last few years include some complete dismissals of employee lawsuits with no settlement funds paid and extremely favorable settlements through negotiations or mediations, saving our business clients hundreds of thousands of dollars.
