# Kern County Trucker Meal Break Lawyer > Employee lawyers without up front fees or costs to sue for meal breaks, unpaid wages. You may be entitled to overtime pay. Source: https://bakersfieldlaborattorney.com/bakersfield-meal-break-lawyer/ Firm: Employment Lawyers Group — employee-side employment lawyers since 1993. Serving Kern County, California. Phone: (661) 412-9600 (calling is the fastest way to reach the legal team) Office: 5401 Business Park S, #214, Bakersfield, CA 93309 Contact form: https://bakersfieldlaborattorney.com/contact/ Consultations are free and confidential; cases are taken on contingency. --- Trucking between rural areas, trucking [agriculture](https://bakersfieldlaborattorney.com/farm-workers-overtime/). Much, much trucking in the oil fields. Water trucks, oil tankers you name it. Truckers have a lot of questions about when they are entitled to overtime and meal breaks. 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Truckers depend on their backs, the ability to sit, torque, and lift roll-ups doors for their livelihood. Complicated questions arise whether an employee who is physically disabled should pursue both a civil case for FMLA or disability discrimination, or their remedy is in the workers compensation system. The Employment Lawyers Group's experienced wrongful termination/medical disability lawyers will work directly with an attorney who took the workers compensation specialty test to determine what the best legal remedies for an injured worker. ### Call [(661) 412-9600](tel:6614129600) to start the road towards obtaining a full range of benefits for work injury or job termination. ## Our Firm: No Upfront Fees or Costs ### Contingency Fee Representation All employment cases for employees are taken on a **contingency basis**. We are only paid a fee **when and if we win** your case, and we **advance all litigation costs**. 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