California Supreme Court Holds Right to File Wage Claim with State Labor Commissioner Trumps Pre-Dispute Arbitration ProvisionHenry D. Lederman
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one for denied rest breaks and one for denied lunch breaks. The employee can file a wage claim with the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, or he can go to court to enforce this penalty.
across when representing employees in wage claims is the “independent contractor defense”. The argument goes, since the worker was only an independent contractor and was never an employee, the worker falls completely outside of the protections of the labor code and his claim must be dismissed....
File a claim with the California Labor Commissioner; or File a traditional wage and hour lawsuit in court. I take care of the whole process of filing a claim and bringing a lawsuit. However most of the time, I can end the wage discrimination and win a sizey settlement just by mailing ...
The California Labor Commissioner's office is relying on incomplete and inaccurate data and it is too understaffed to effectively do its job. California's wage claim backlog is worse than any other state, even though California has the most wage theft regulations in the country. Even after Cali...
San Francisco County Superior Courts | San Francisco County Civic Center Courthouse | Labor and Employment - Wage Claim | 04/30/2003 DOCKET 06/26/2003 SATISFACTION OF JUDGMENT, FULLY SATISFIED, FILED BY PLAINTIFF HUIZAR, JOSE AS TO DEFENDANT POLLARD, JOHN AN INDIVIDUAL DBA 5.12 CONSTRUCTION...
If there is a dispute, you can file a wage claim with the California Labor Commissioner’s Office and potentially receive up to 30 days of waiting time penalties in addition to your back pay.5 Additional Resources For more information beyond California resignation laws, refer to the following:...
In late 2023, California supersized the minimum wage for fast food workers by a whopping 25 percent (increasing it from $16 to $20). This law was opposed by the fast food industry, while labor unions (and their many friends and admirers in Sacramento) insisted it would “benefit workers....
Falsely deny the amount or validity of a claim for wages with the intent to defraud a person owed wages.” Class and collective actions filed under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) with wage theft claims are in high gear in California, with an average of more than 18 new PAGA cla...