About the Firm
WE FIGHT FOR CALIFORNIA WORKERS
Lawyers for Justice, PC is a full-service law firm, specializing in employment law. The firm handles wage and hour cases, wrongful termination, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, hostile work environment, workplace injury, workplace retaliation cases, and more.
Our Story
Lawyers for Justice, PC (LFJ) is dedicated to pursuing those who have wronged California workers. The firm is determined to make things right and get workers what they are owed. Whether there is a dispute regarding employment, if a worker has been a victim of unfair business practices, if they suffered a personal injury, or experienced any other injustice, Lawyers for Justice, PC can help.
LFJ is headquartered in Los Angeles and has been fighting for workers all over the state for more than a decade. The firm has recovered millions of dollars on behalf of thousands of California workers and consumers. The employment attorneys at the firm handle a wide-range of matters with the utmost care, passion, and professionalism. We are the strongest voice for our clients.
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- 100+ Years of Combined Legal Experience
- 1,000+ Successful Cases
- 30+ Professional Attorneys
Here are some of the legal matters we can help with
- Wage theft
- Not paying for face masks
- Off-the-clock work
- No rest breaks
- Failure to pay for missed rest breaks
- Short, late, interrupted or missed rest breaks
- No meal breaks
- Short, late, interrupted or missed meal breaks
- Failure to pay for missed meal breaks
- Requiring employees to stay on company premises for rest breaks
- Unpaid overtime
- No lactation breaks
- Failure to timely pay wages
- Late payment of final wages
- Invalid on-duty meal agreement
- Failing to pay out unused vacation and/or PTO (Personal Time Off)
- Failure to pay meal break or rest break penalties
- Failure to pay for bag checks / coat checks / security checks
- Prohibiting employees from recording overtime
- Failure to approve overtime
- Failure to pay minimum wages
- Understaffing
- Unreasonable expectations
- Requiring employees to record only scheduled hours
- Failure to record the actual time worked by employees
- Illegally shaving time worked or falsifying time records
- No second meal breaks
- No third rest breaks
- Denying adequate restroom time
- Not paying for required drive time
- Not paying for required cell-phone usage
- Not providing personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Unreimbursed business-related expenses
- Auto-deducting meal breaks
- Illegally requiring employees to waive first or second meal breaks
- Failing to pay for on-call time
- Delaying the payment of wages
- Incomplete and inaccurate paystubs
- Not maintaining the necessary personnel files and/or payroll records
- Not paying reporting time pay
- Failure to pay split shift premiums
- Not providing water to employees
- Failure to provide preventive cool-down rest periods
- Illegally requiring employees to work alternative workweek schedules
- Not paying prevailing rates
- Not paying waiting time penalties
- Failure to record meal breaks
- Improperly calculating the overtime rate
- Illegally rounding time worked for compensation purposes
- Misclassifying non-exempt positions as exempt to avoid overtime compensation
- Requiring exempt / managerial employees to spend more than 50% of their time on the same duties as hourly paid employees
- Not providing adequate seating
- Not complying with the requirements of the California Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA)
- Unfair business practices / unfair competition by stealing employees’ wages
- Not following the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- Not following the requirements of the California Labor Code and/or Wage Orders
- Unfair treatment
- Fraud in the workplace
- Prohibited discrimination
- Retaliation
- Improperly handling employee retirement benefits
- breach of fiduciary duty
- self-dealing
- conflict of interest
- mismanagement of employee retirement or pension funds
- undue difficulty in claiming employee retirement benefits
- failure to comply with required vesting of employee retirement benefits
- Unfairly Laid Off due to Covid-19
- Unreasonably Exposed to Covid-19
- Unjust Pay Reduction
- Unfair Demotion
- Unlawfully Failing to Promote
- Unjust Hiring Practices
- Unfairly Failing to Hire
- Unjust Write Ups
- Wrongful Termination
- Hostile Work Environment
- Harassment
- Unsafe Work Environment
- Fired without Just Cause
- Retaliation
- Injured at Work
- Whistleblower Protection
- Emotional Distress at Work
- Sexual Harassment
- Assaulted at work
- Abused at work
- Race Discrimination
- Sexual Orientation Discrimination
- Age Discrimination
- National Origin Discrimination
- Discrimination based on Religion
- Equal Pay Violations
- Defamation of Character
- Libel / Slander
- Forcing Employees to Settle Claims
- Unfair Severance Agreements
- Unfair Denial of Unemployment Benefits
- Background Checks without Lawful Consent
- Unfairly Treated at Work
- Background Checks without Lawful Consent
- Violation of Leaves of Absence Protections
- Negligent Hiring
- Using an employee’s name and likeness without consent
- Violation of employee privacy rights
- Mishandling of employee benefits
- Union grievances
- Union conflicts of interest
- Failure of unions to protect employee rights
- Violation of collective bargaining agreements
- Violation of employment contracts
- Mass breach of confidentiality of medical or health information
- Mass breach of consumer data or privacy
- Unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent business acts or practices
- Unfair, deceptive, false, or misleading advertising
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Injured at work?
Did your boss discriminate against you?
Have you faced injustice as work?
Treated unfairly at work because of your gender?
Were you denied your daily rest breaks?
Can your boss fire you at any time?
Think you deserve justice? We make it simple
with just three steps to get the help you need.
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Share your story. Case evaluations are free and confidential. We’ll determine whether you have a viable case and the best course of action tailored to your situation.
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Retain Service with No Upfront Cost
After a thorough consultation, our team becomes your dedicated point of contact, handling every detail to achieve the best possible outcome for your case.
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Get the Justice You Deserve
We’ll secure the compensation you’re entitled to for the hardships you’ve endured. Your fight is our fight
