Illinois Employee Workplace and Labor Lawyers
Werman Law Office, P.C. -- A History of Success In Illinois and Throughout the United States
Werman Law Office, P.C., is a labor and employment law firm that represents working people in individual, collective action and class action lawsuits in Chicago, in Illinois, and across the United States. Our lawyers are national leaders in advocating the rights of employees in workplace disputes and in litigating claims for unpaid minimum wages, overtime pay, and other owed compensation in lawsuits filed under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state wage and hour laws.
If you are looking to find the best Chicago employment lawyers to help you recover owed minimum or overtime wages, with employee rights, severance pay, a workplace dispute, or a labor issue anywhere in the United States, Werman Law Office, P.C. can help.
Class Actions – Individual Claims - Overtime Pay - Minimum Wages - Owed Wages - FMLA - Employee Rights
Class Action and Impact Litigation
We are a recognized leader in collective action and class action litigation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state wage and hour laws that protect the rights of employees to be paid minimum wages, overtime pay, and other earned wages and compensation. We are extremely proud of the creative and innovative work we bring to recovering unpaid wages and stopping worker exploitation in a broad range of industries. We are and have been lead counsel in many of the largest wage and hour class actions in the United States and have recovered wages for over 250,000 working people.
In addition to our collective action and class action work related to the FLSA, state overtime and other wage and hour laws, we handle class action cases based on race, national origin, sex and gender discrimination, discrimination in the payment of wages, and other cases relating the protection of workplace rights for individuals and groups of workers.
Individual Representation
We also handle individual claims, including the failure to be paid earned minimum wages, overtime pay and other wages (commissions, bonus pay and vacation pay), Equal Pay Act claims, claims arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) for unpaid pension, COBRA and other employee health and welfare benefits, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) claims, discrimination claims based on race, national origin, gender, age and disability. In addition, we routinely represent individuals in severance, contract, noncompetition and other types of employment-related disputes.
Employer Representation
We partner with progressive employers in a pragmatic and cost-effective manner to help manage their day to day employee and labor relations, and help them avoid costly litigation.
Contact the Firm
If you have questions regarding what Chicago or Illinois employment lawyer you should hire, or labor or employment law, contact an attorney at Werman Law Office, P.C. to learn more about your rights. Werman Law Office, P.C. represents persons in Cook County, Illinois, everywhere else in Illinois, and represents employees with overtime pay claims and FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) cases throughout the U.S. including the states and cities of Oakland, California CA, San Francisco California CA, Seattle Washington WA, Gary Indiana IN, Hammond Indiana IN, Milwaukee Wisconsin WI, New York NY, New Jersey NJ, Miami Florida FL, Atlanta Georgia GA, Alabama AL, Arkansas AR, Mississippi MS, Louisiana LA, Oklahoma OK, Washington WA, Kentucky KY, Massachusetts MA, Connecticut CT, Maine ME, New Hampshire NH, Los Angeles California CA, Dallas DFW, San Antonio, Austin Texas TX, Chicago Illinois IL, Denver Colorado CO, Oregon OR, Ohio OH, Albuquerque New Mexico NM, Las Vegas Nevada NV, Iowa IA, Hawaii Hi and Alaska AK. Prospective clients can schedule an appointment by calling 877-743-0399 or by filling out the e-mail form on this website. See our other website at www.overtime-pay.com. See also the website of our affiliated firm, www.rhddlaw.com.
