I work 16 hours per shift but don't get paid any overtime because the first eight hours are on one day and the second on another

Mr. Pedersen has provided a thorough answer to your question. I will simply add that employees working shifts longer than 12 hours must receive...

How do I tempt a Medical Malpractice / Wrongful Death attorney to meet with me and go over 800+ pages of hospital records etc...

I am very sorry for your loss. What you need to do is contact local personal injury attorneys and inform them you are willing to pay for a medical...

I'm a "manager" working 80 hrs a week, no overtime, but 95% of my job is the same as my wage employees. Should I get overtime?

As the other attorneys have noted, the facts you describe would appear to suggest you have been misclassified as an exempt manager. You can file a...

Can I withhold a paycheck from an x-employee that owes me money?

You may be setting yourself up for a load of trouble. Regardless of whether it is common practice among private care facilities to hire their...

Can I sue for being falsely accused of sexual harassment?

Most likely not. While I am sympathetic to anyone who is falsely accused of sexual harassment, if it is this woman's opinion that you were...

California law imposes strict regulations on an employer's obligation to pay final wages (See Labor Code §§ 201-203). However, CA courts have...

Can your employer deny compensation for not following the departments rules?

Employers must pay employees for all time the employees spend actually working. It doesn't matter whether "department rules" were followed, or...

Employee returns from maternity leave, but part time, does it change her right to retain her full time position?

These situations are best handled delicately, as noted by the other attorneys who have responded. That said, the only law permitting...

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Is it legal to reimburse travel time based on the time Google says it should take to get to a particular destination?

This is an impermissible labor practice. Employees are entitled to be paid for all time during which they are under the control of their employer,...

Employers are free to set their own work weeks, provided they do not continually make adjustments for the purpose of evading overtime obligations. ...