San Francisco Lawyer Explains Your Employment Rights
Our Bay Area attorneys have been bombarded recently with questions about the Golden State’s new paid sick leave protocol. Here’s what you need to know:
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Where Will Your Lawsuit Be Filed?
Perhaps a careless trucker on an Oakland freeway T-boned your SUV while you were driving to drop your kids off at a soccer game. Or maybe a careless San Francisco bus driver slid into your lane, causing you to veer off the road into a utility pole. Continue reading
What’s Uninsured Motorist Insurance?
Uninsured Motorist Insurance
Picture this annoying (yet terrifying) scenario:
You are driving on the freeway here in Northern California when, out of nowhere, a driver cuts across three lanes of traffic into your lane. You can’t pull off an escape maneuver, and so you clip the car, and both of you spiral off the side of the road.Fortunately, you are relatively uninjured. But your car is a mess. And your situation is about to get a lot more complicated. Turns out, the driver who pulled the horrific lane cut and caused the accident lacks insurance. Continue reading
Difference between Overtime and Double Overtime in California
Maybe you’re a California government employee who’s on the verge of foreclosure, and you and your spouse are desperately crunching your budget numbers to see whether you’re “missing” any income. Or maybe you’re an abused or harassed employee, and you have the strong intuition that your employer has been violating California’s work and hour laws – perhaps in a major way. Continue reading
What to do If Overtime Isn’t Paid by Employer
What can I do if my employer doesn’t pay me my overtime wages?
You can either file a wage claim eve with the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (the Labor Commissioner’s Office), or you can file a lawsuit in court against your employer in to recover the lost wages. Additionally, if you no longer work for this employer, you can make a claim for the waiting time penalty pursuant to Labor Code Section 203.
Learn more about overtime and employment law here on our website. If this issue is relevant for you, give us a call today at 415-287-6200 or fill out our online contact form.
When Must I Be Paid for Overtime Hours I Worked?
Overtime wages must be paid no later than the payday for the next regular payroll period after which the overtime wages were earned. Labor Code Section 204 Only the payment of overtime wages may be delayed to the payday of the next following payroll period as the straight time wages must still be paid within the time set forth in the applicable Labor Code section in the pay period in which they were earned; or, in the case of employees who are paid on a weekly, biweekly, or semi-monthly basis, not more than seven calendar days following the close of the payroll period.
Learn more about overtime and employment law here on our website. If this issue is relevant for you, give us a call today at 415-287-6200 or fill out our online contact form.