Employment Class Action

The Graves Firm represents California workers in class actions against their employers. Many employees endure unfair treatment in the workplace because they do not want to lose their jobs, or because they do not believe there is anything that can be… Read More

Overtime & Salary Misclassification

Everyone deserves to be paid fairly for the work that they do. That includes receiving overtime for working more than eight hours in a day or forty hours in a week. The overtime premium is usually 1 ½ times your regular rate of pay, but the premium… Read More

Failure to Provide Meal & Rest Breaks

Under California law, most workers are entitled to meal breaks or rest breaks if their shift is long enough. If you are entitled to a meal or rest break and your employer does not allow you to take one, they are breaking the law. Here’s what you ne… Read More

Failure to Reimburse Expenses

Under California law, employers are required to reimburse employees for all necessary business expenses incurred while doing their job. Failure to reimburse those expenses is a violation of California employment law, and your employer may be required… Read More

Improper Deductions from Pay

If you have ever received a paycheck that was for less than you expected, it was likely because there were deductions from your pay. Some deductions are lawful, or even required by law, like FICA (Social Security and Medicare taxes) and income taxes.… Read More

Illegal Tip Sharing

Tipped employees include not only servers in restaurants, but bartenders, hotel porters and maids, and many other service workers. Many California workers receive part, or even most, of their income in tips. They depend on and deserve the tips they a… Read More

Severance Package Negotiation & Disputes

Executives who are terminated from their employment are frequently entitled to severance pay and associated benefits upon separation from the company. While receipt of a severance package offers a financial benefit to the departing executive, offerin… Read More

Appellate Work

The Graves Firm has an exceptional record of success before the Courts of Appeal. For example, California law allows a litigant in a trial court to bring a petition for a “writ” which is an order requiring a trial court to do something or refrain… Read More