Unpaid Wages Lawyer in Fresno County, California

Contact us if you have a question about whether you are owed overtime, double time, commissions, wages, bonus pay, or pay for meal or rest breaks. We want to explain to you what overtime is, what prevailing wage is, and when you are an exempt versus non-exempt employee.

The law concerning unpaid wages is very complicated. There are many exemptions and rules. In addition, unpaid wage law comes from many sources: Labor Code Sections, DLSE interpretives, California Codes of Regulations, Wage Orders, and other legal principles that apply. There are also great variations between Federal and California laws on unpaid wages.

Overtime cases, meal and rest break cases, unpaid bonus cases, and unpaid commission cases involve labor laws that provide for multiple penalties. The Labor Commission (DLSE) will probably not pursue penalties or interest for unpaid wages, commissions, bonuses, or meal and rest break violations.

Call (818) 783-7300 for a Fresno County labor lawyer who will pursue all penalties and interest.

California Employees Are Paid For Sleeping

California law regulating what hourly workers must be paid for differs from the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA). This is an example of how California law is more favorable than Federal Law.

In California, non-exempt employees who work twenty four hours or more a day must be paid for time sleeping unless a series of circumstances are met:

1. The employer must allow the employee the ability to have uninterrupted sleep for more than five hours.
2. The time excluded for uninterrupted sleep cannot be more than eight hours.
3. The employer must furnish adequate sleeping facilities.

If the employer has correctly paid the meal breaks, the rule about being paid to sleep really involves twenty five hour consecutive shifts. If the employee's schedule is less than