I quit my job and had 66 vacation hours i wasnt paid for. Is this legal????

Definitely not legal. Labor Code section 227.3 states that all accrued but unused vacation has to be paid out upon termination.

Can my previous employer not pay me my final check if I owed them money for my medical insurance?

Absolutely not. Even if your checks pass each other in mail like ships in the night, your wages are YOUR property. They cannot be used as some sort...

Am I entitled to financial compensation for underpaid meal periods and missed 10 min breaks from previous employer (2013-2015)?

So, good news, bad news. The good news is that you should have been compensated for an hour of pay for each day you were not provided with a meal...

It all depends on the level of control while inside the company vehicle. The more control, the more likely it is that you should be paid for your...

So long as you are paid for your time filling out the survey, your employer can require you to complete it.

I'm not following entirely. Generally speaking, the defendant does not include people in a class action, they simply identify those who fit the...

Absolutely not. Labor Code section 204 specifies that employees have to be paid within 7 days of the close of payroll, no exceptions. Now, you can...

In California, can you factor past discipline of an employee to justify terminating him?

If the employee is not in a union, and is no subject to a collective bargaining agreement, you are free to consider whatever you'd like in...

How can I get a lawyer to take my case if the wage claim is b/w 5-10k? I've spoken to 2 law firms and they are bigtiming me.

The thing to keep in mind is that many wage claims have "fee shifting" provisions in them whereby the employer has to pay your attorneys' fees. The...

Was my employer right when he told me that my 72 hours will start on Monday because I quit Friday morning ?

There's nothing in Labor Code sections 201-203 which has that rule. Now, as a practical matter, you probably aren't going to sue anyway, but your...