When you first accepted your job, you likely assumed that you would be paid the agreed-upon amount for the hours you put in. However, sometimes, an employer may intentionally or unintentionally fail to pay an employee the correct amount. California workers who are not...
Wage And Hour Laws
Employers owe wages for missed meal and rest periods
Under California law, employers need to provide meal and rest breaks to most unsalaried employees. If an employee works any part of a meal or rest period, an employer has to pay them an additional hour of pay. Now, according to the state Supreme Court, this extra pay...
Key points about wages and unemployment after being fired
It is never pleasant when a California worker is fired from his or her job. In recent years, there has been significant discussion about wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, harassment and other legal violations being factors in an employee’s dismissal....
Here’s how you can build your wage theft case
Wage theft is common in American workplaces. Here, employers engage in tactics meant to cheat workers of the wages that they’ve worked hard to earn. This can look like unpaid overtime, unpaid regular wages, or illegal deductions. Over the course of time, this wage...
An introduction to California paycheck laws
Having a guarantee of the regular and timely payment of wages is an employee’s fundamental right. State labor laws illustrate this right through payday laws, which mandate how frequently employers must pay their employees and require that they provide written notice...
California judge rules against Prop. 22
Ever since the start of the debacle that has become a bitter pill to swallow for many Uber and Lyft drivers in California, a controversial ballot initiative that became law is in the news again. Many regarded Proposition 22 as a compromise that created an exception to...
Wage and hour laws and remote work
Remote and telework transformed work last year beyond expectations and will be a large and permanent part of employment in California. Remote work, however, poses compliance challenges under the state’s strict wage and hour laws. Keeping track of hours Employers are...
Has your employer asked that you work off the clock?
Being "on the clock" is a common phrase California residents and people elsewhere use to mean that they are working. However, it also means that individuals who receive hourly pay have clocked in and are performing their work-related duties. Clocking in is important...
Is your employer paying you what you have earned?
In California and every other state, employers must pay their employees for the work they do. This may sound obvious, but you can probably think of numerous times when you stepped in off the clock to help a co-worker, agreed to stay and help after your shift ended, or...
Did your employer withhold overtime pay for unauthorized hours?
As a worker who receives hourly wages, you undoubtedly try to make it to work as much as possible. Because those wages are so important to you, you do not want to do anything that could put you in line to receive a lower paycheck. You may wish you could have ample...
Why Hire Bononi Law Group?
You can choose among many California law firms when seeking an attorney for your employment law matter. Here are four reasons you should consider Bononi Law Group.