Attorney Joel Bander is dedicated to fighting for employees' rights, including minimum wage and overtime pay violations by large employers. Attorney Bander has prosecuted, defended and managed wage and hour class action and individual lawsuits in behalf of thousands of clients. Attorney Bander possesses a record of success and a dedicated work ethic.

Attorney Joel Bander represent employees in claims for unpaid minimum wages and overtime. Federal and state law guarantees you the right to fair wages. Unfortunately, employers too often disregard their legal duty to provide you the compensation you deserve. That is when we roll up our sleeves and go to work for you!

Using our strategic alliances with other "employee friendly" law firms, we are ready and willing to undertake large and complex class action litigation on a contingent fee basis anywhere in the continental United States. At the same time, we are accessible to our clients. If you are interested in speaking with Attorney Joel Bander about your case, please fill-out this form as completely as possible. Our authorized representative will contact you within 48 hours.

Winning Case

Joel Bander settled the wage and hour claims of $125,000 of Rosalie and Leonilo Bislig, who were from Rosario, La Union, Philippines. The news was published in the Daily Journal on July 23, 2010.

However, due to the employer's continual wage and hour abuses to the plaintiffs and other employees, Joel Bander persists to fight for justice through the injunction to the employer. His intention is to obtain a court order to the employer to stop wage and hour violations, so that every employee working under that facility will be fairly treated with minimum wages, overtime payment, and lunch breaks. Joel Bander is trying to protect all these employees when he is not retained as their legal representative. He is doing that for justice.

Know your rights!

• Were you told you had to work overtime but not paid overtime?
• Were you required to work through your meal or rest breaks?
• Were you told to report for work at a certain time but then not paid for time you had to wait to begin work?
• Has your employer wrongly withheld commissions that should have been yours, per your employment agreement?
• Were you wrongfully fired or terminated in order for your employer to avoid paying you a commission?
• Are you a salesperson who was denied your full commission or terminated to avoid paying your commission?
• Are you an employee who travels between job sites who has not been paid for travel time during your employment?
• Are you an employee who is regularly denied an uninterrupted lunch break or asked to work beyond your shift?

There are many ways that employers can cheat employees of their hourly wages, often without the employee even knowing they are being cheated. Whether it's the occasional request to stay an extra hour that then becomes a regular pattern — always without pay — or the "press of business" that means you can't take your lunch break, failing to pay employees for time worked is illegal.

Wage and hour violations often affect an entire class of workers, not just one employee. Immigrant workers are most vulnerable but many hourly workers are not well informed about how California and federal employment laws protect them.

If you are an hourly worker, you are protected from illegal and unreasonable employer demands that you work overtime or skip breaks. But you might need legal help to ensure your rights are protected and to help you get the wages you deserve. Call (626) 689-2535 now!