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Spanish If you believe your California workplace failed to pay you properly, you could have a viable wage and hour claim. Our team will review your case to help you understand your rights.
At KJT Law Group, our attorneys have recovered over $100 million for our clients, including many whose employers failed to pay them for their full hours worked or forced them to work off the clock. A California employment wage and hour lawyer from our team is here to help you hold your current or former employer responsible and recover the money you earned.
Contact our team today for your free consultation.
How Our California Wage and Hour Claims Attorneys Approach These Cases
At KJT Law Group, we have more than a decade of experience holding employers responsible for wage theft, refusing to pay overtime properly, minimum wage violations, and other wage and hour violations.
Our employment lawyers limit how many cases we accept because we want to ensure we provide every client with the personalized care, attention, and support they need while we navigate the claims process for them. We know this is a stressful and frustrating time, and we want to make it easier for you. When you hire us, the outcome of your case becomes our top priority. You will work directly with your attorney and be able to contact our team at any time, 24/7.
We do not refer these cases to other firms. Instead, we handle them ourselves. All cases, no matter how seemingly small, command our full attention. We know how much the payout means to you and your future. At the same time, no case is too daunting. We will not back down because of the size or reputation of a company. Instead, we roll up our sleeves, handle the case, and secure the compensation available.
As our case results show, we have a history of securing large payouts for clients in these cases. This includes:
- $6.9 million secured for a group of department store employees who had unpaid hourly wages, worked through breaks, and were not paid proper overtime pay
- $1.8 million recovered in a class action settlement for employees who did not receive meal and rest breaks or correct overtime pay
- $1.4 million recovered for overtime and rest and meal break claims
- $1 million secured in a class action for workers who worked unpaid hours off the clock
- $1 million recovered for janitorial staff whose agency regularly denied meal breaks and failed to pay workers their due wage
Our attorneys provide a free consultation for workers who believe their employer failed to provide proper meal and rest breaks, underpaid wages, refused to pay proper minimum wage, or failed to properly compensate them for overtime. We also handle these hour and wage claims cases on contingency. You will not need to pay upfront costs or fees to hire our team to represent you.
Contact us today to learn more about how we can help you get justice.
California Law Protects Workers From Wage and Hour Violations
State and federal wage and hour laws provide numerous protections for workers relating to their pay and working hours. In California, these are enforced by the Labor Commissioner’s Office.
Our attorneys are familiar with these laws and believe it is wrong when a company benefits financially at its workers’ expense. This is essentially what happens when they fail to pay properly or make employees work off the clock.
Wage and hour violations can occur in many ways. Employers must pay their workers at least the current minimum wage set by state or local law and appropriate holiday and overtime pay. They must also provide regular rest breaks and meal breaks when applicable.
When an employer fails to uphold these laws and regulations, it is a wage and hour violation. The employee loses money, the company gets free or discounted work, and the injustice continues until the worker—or a group of workers—files a claim.
Our California employment law attorneys know the tricks and tactics employers use to violate wage and hour laws. We can assess your case to determine if you have a viable claim to recover the money you earned and other damages.
Our California Wage and Hour Claims Attorneys Know How to Spot Wage Theft
Unscrupulous employers take advantage of workers in many ways. Wage and hour violations are one of the most common ways and likely occur much more commonly than anyone realizes. There are many ways your employer could financially benefit while keeping you from receiving all the money you earned. Some examples of this include:
- Paying below the current minimum wage, including for commissioned and tipped workers (Here is a list of minimum wage for California cities and counties.)
- Refusing to pay overtime pay
- Not paying for on-call time when you cannot do other activities
- Inappropriately paying salary to a non-exempt worker
- Inappropriately classifying a worker as an independent contractor
- Failure to pay promised commissions or bonuses
- Tip-related violations, such as taking a cut of the tips
- Refusing to cover work-related out-of-pocket costs
- Not allowing required breaks for rest or meals
- Requiring workers to clock out for a break but remain available for work
- Requiring employees to work while they are not on the clock
- Rounding hours
Our California wage and hour lawyers can help you understand your rights and pursue a claim based on any of these issues. We can also help if you experienced retaliation after complaining about being underpaid or if you were wrongfully terminated from your job. Contact us as soon as you recognize there is a problem with your pay, and let us figure out your next steps.
What Compensation Can a California Wage and Hour Claims Attorney Help Me Secure?
When you hire our team to manage your California wage and hour claim, we will gather evidence to show how your employer violated related laws. Then, we will fight for justice by holding the company accountable and seeking the money owed to you for your unpaid wages, any other financial losses, reimbursed expenses, interest, and other damages.
Depending on the circumstances, we can represent individual workers, several workers at the same location, or many workers at locations across the country. The recoverable damages in these cases depend greatly on the case facts. You could receive payment for:
- Unpaid wages, including unpaid overtime
- Additional compensation to ensure you were paid at least minimum wage for every hour worked
- Unpaid tips, commissions, and bonuses
- Attorney’s fees and other legal costs
- Expenses and losses you incurred because of the unpaid wages
- Interest for the unpaid income
How Our California Attorneys Handle Wage and Hour Claims
Our attorneys have a strong track record of fighting for and recovering compensation for our clients who wish to hold their employer or former employer responsible for wage and hour violations in California. We will manage your claim, pursue the pay you deserve, seek accountability from the employer who acted illegally and unethically, and keep you up to date on our progress as we do.
We know the laws employers must follow and will hold them accountable for failing to do so. This could occur regardless of whether they are a small company or a multinational corporation. While we often represent individuals in these cases, we also sometimes find the issue runs much deeper. Some of these companies have been violating these laws for a long time and with many employees. We have even successfully filed several class action lawsuits for clients in wage and hour violation cases.
We want to help you recover the money you deserve. After all, you earned it. Let us go to work on your case today. Contact us for a free case review.
How Long Can I Wait Before I Call a California Wage and Hour Claims Attorney?
The California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) has time limits for filing a claim that depend greatly on the circumstances of what happened. In general, you might have:
- Two years to file a claim based on a spoken promise to pay above minimum wage
- Three years if your claim involves a violation related to minimum wage, missed or unpaid overtime wages, illegal deductions from pay, or unpaid reimbursements
- Four years if your claim is related to a written employment contract
However, exceptions could exist. We encourage you to act quickly and let us know about your case. You might also have longer than these deadlines appear to offer, especially if your employer has shown a long-term or widespread habit of wage and hour violations.
Discuss Your California Wage and Hour Claim With Our Team for Free
KJT Law Group provides free consultations for workers who may be victims of wage theft. You can count on our team to review your case and explain how our California wage and hour claims lawyer may be able to help.
Contact our law office today to learn more about taking legal action. The initial consultation is free, and you pay no upfront fees.
