Have you ever had an employer tell you that you’re not supposed to discuss your wages with other employees? They may act as if you earn more and so the other employees would be jealous, for instance, or they may just make a blanket statement to the effect of “that’s...
Wage and Hour Violations
Wage and Hour Violations
Are all salaried workers exempt from overtime pay requirements?
Federal law establishes the right to overtime pay, and California has state laws that entitle workers to overtime wages in several additional scenarios. However, quite a few employees will work long hours and have weeks that extend well past 40 hours without any kind...
Why would you need to file a wage claim in California?
If you are a worker in the State of California and you think you have suffered wage theft, then you need to file a wage claim. When you file a wage claim with the Labor Commissioner’s Office, you are taking the first step in the process of collecting all unpaid wages...
Is it legal to make being on-call mandatory during lunch?
While we may all take our lunch break for granted, the truth is that federal law doesn't require our employer to permit one. In reality, it's only state laws that mandate lunch breaks. Each state is a little different in its mandates, so just because you may be...