Get in touch with the law offices of Van Etten Suzumoto & Sipprelle LLP, to dicuss directly with a Moorpark wage and hour claims lawyer. Your preliminary consultation is free of charge and in most instances we’ll manage your case on a contingency fee basis. That means you pay no attorney fees until we achieve a successful verdict or settlement for you.
Our Moorpark wage & hour claim lawyers are experienced and tenacious advocates for workers’ rights in wage and overtime in Moorpark controversies.
- Are you a salesperson who was refused your full compensation or fired to avoid paying your commission?
- Are you an employee who travels between job sites that has not been paid for travel expenses during your employment?
- Are you a worker who’s regularly denied an uninterrupted lunch break or asked to work past your shift?
We can help. Our Moorpark wage & hour claim attorneys are experienced and tenacious advocates for workers’ rights in wage and overtime in Moorpark controversies.
- Has your employer wrongly withheld commissions that should have been yours, per your employment agreement?
- Were you required to work through your meal or rest breaks?
- Were you unlawfully terminated in order for your employer to avoid paying you a commission?
- Were you informed you had to work overtime but not paid overtime?
- Were you instructed to report for work at a specific time but then not compensated for time you had to wait to start work?
There are many ways that companies can cheat employees out of their hourly wages, oftentimes without the worker even knowing they are being cheated. Be it the occasional request to stay an additional hour that eventually becomes a regular pattern – consistently without compensation – or the “press of business” that means you can’t have your lunch break, neglecting to pay workers for time worked is against the law.
Moorpark wage and hour offenses usually affect an entire class of workers, not just one worker. Immigrant workers are most vulnerable but most hourly workers are not kept informed about how California and federal employment laws cover them.
If you are an hourly employee, you ARE protected against illegal and irrational employer demands that you work overtime or work through your breaks. However, you might need legal help to ensure your rights are defended and to assist you in getting the wages you are entitled.
Misclassification
One of the biggest concerns regarding wage and hour lawsuits is misclassification of lower-level workers as “managers,” and misclassification of employees as “contractors” in order to bypass wage and hour laws. Salaried employees whose work responsibilities are typically routine may have been misclassified. Learn more about misclassification to see if this has happened to you.