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Los Angeles Wage and Hour Lawyer
Los Angeles Wage and Hour Attorney
Wage and hour laws exist to make sure employers treat and compensate employees fairly. When an employer breaks a wage or hour law, the employee can suffer loss of income, job termination, and other adverse effects. Matters can get worse for the employee when he or she reports wage and hour infractions. The employee might then face unlawful retaliation and compensation disputes.
If this sounds familiar, the attorneys at Nosrati Law, A Professional Law Corporation can help. Wage and Hour Dispute Attorney Omid Nosrati and his team have over 20 years of combined experience fighting for employee rights in Los Angeles and understand the complexity of wage and hour laws.
Our Attorneys Handle All Types of Wage and Hour Claims in Los Angeles, CA
Nosrati Law, A Professional Law Corporation handles all manner of wage and hour disputes, including:
- Denying Overtime pay
- Vacation pay
- Misclassification of employees to avoid paying overtime or having to cover workers’ compensation or unemployment insurance
- Independent contractors
- Requiring employees to work “off-the-clock”
- Failing to provide rest and meal breaks
- Severance pay
- Forcing employees to be “on-call” without pay
- Minimum wage violations
- Taking illegal deductions from employee paychecks
- Requiring employees to pay business expenses or not reimbursing required expenses
- Unpaid bonuses outlined in a contract
Wage and Hour Laws in California
California employers must abide by both federal and state wage and hour laws when conducting business. The main federal law is the Fair Labor Standards Act, or the FLSA. The FLSA establishes a minimum wage, overtime, and child labor laws affecting all employees. The FLSA, along with a few state-specific wage and hour laws, help protect the health and safety of workers. Three of the most important wage and hour laws affecting California employees are as follows:
Minimum wage
- The minimum wage in California has been rising annually by one dollar per hour since January 2019. The current hourly minimum wage in 2022 in California is $14.00 for employers with up to 25 employees and $15.00 for larger employers.
The minimum wage will increase again in January 2023, at which time all employers, regardless of size, must pay minimum hourly wages of $15.00.
In California, tipped employees are entitled to the same minimum wage as non-tipped employees. This differs by state, as tipped employees in some states are paid less than minimum wage by their employers.
Overtime
- California overtime laws make it mandatory for all employers to pay overtime wages of one and one-half times the amount of normal wages for every hour of overtime. “Overtime” refers to any time worked over eight hours per day or more than 40 hours per workweek. There are a few exemptions and exceptions to the general overtime law.
Breaks
- All workers are entitled to one 30-minute, unpaid meal break after five hours of work unless the employee will complete the shift in six hours or less and the employee and employer agree not to take the break. No employee can work more than 10 hours in a day without a second 30-minute break unless the shift will last less than 12 hours and both parties agree to waive it (only if the employee did not waive the first break).
If there is both a federal and a state law regarding the same issue, the employer must abide by the one that is the most generous to the employee. For example, the federal minimum wage is only $7.25, but since California’s state minimum wage is higher, California employers must pay the higher wage. Wage and hour laws can be complex, but it’s an employer’s duty to keep up with them and treat employees according to the requirements of the law. Failure to do so can result in disputes.
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