If your employer changed your records to avoid overtime pay there are at least three issues. First, as you well know, all employees in California...

What is the CA labor law on paid breaks?

California law holds that every employee is entitled to one ten (10) minute paid rest break for each four (4) hours worked. Insofar as...

I used to travel for my job on weekends for work in other cities.(required) My employer only paid half expenses Is this legal?

California Labor Code §2802 states, in part: "An employer shall indemnify his or her employee for all necessary expenditures or losses incurred...

Am I entitled to back pay?

If you were not not paid 1.5 your hourly rate for time worked over eight (8) hours a day and forty (40) hours a week, your employer has violated...

Employers are generally required to compensate an hourly employee for all the time that the employee is under the control of the employer. Your...

I am a live in cook for 7 men that are wards of the state of California. I have received little salary for living and cooking.

Subject to certain exceptions, all employees in California must earn at least the minimum wage of $8.00 per hour. When credit for lodging is used...

My ex-employer told us that we lived for free and indeed we did not, and it made us look decietfull to unemployment, HELP US!!!

There may a separate way, outside of the unemployment compensation framework, to receive compensation. Given the facts that you have provided,...

Hello, I'm a limo driver. My company add on a 20% tips for the diver that I never receive. Is that legal?

Under California law employers are prohibited from sharing in or keeping any portion of a gratuity given by any customer to an employee. Tips are...

As a caretaker you are most likely an employee and are subject to California labor laws concerning overtime, meal and rest breaks, and minimum...

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Employers are generally required to compensate an hourly employee for all the time that the employee is under the control of the employer,...