California has always been a trailblazer. The latest new territory involves being the first state to raise hourly minimum wage rates to double digits – $10-an-hour by 2016, per a bill that recently received Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature. In the interim, the rate will graduate to $9 hourly by next…
Historically, large restaurant chains have been one of the top violators of federal and state wage and hour laws in the U.S. This may have to do with the fact that the restaurant industry is unique in the way it is permitted to structure its pay (on the basis of…
It is one of the largest providers of elder care in the country. Emeritus Senior Living facilities boast hundreds of locations across the country, thousands of workers and rake in millions in profits. And yet, as our Costa Mesa wage and hour dispute attorneys understand, when it came time to…
A new survey released recently by Inc.com indicates that roughly 20 percent of small business owners are voicing preference for independent contractors over full-time employees. Part of the reason reportedly has to do with employer requirements under the soon-to-be-enforced Affordable Healthcare Act, but our Costa Mesa wage and hour lawyers…
A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of California workers employed at a popular, nationwide burger chain, accused of break and overtime violations. This suit joins previous litigation filed on behalf of current and former employees of a Mexican fast food chain. Our Costa Mesa overtime attorneys know…
A class action overtime lawsuit involving Los Angeles mechanics who alleged they were unfairly denied overtime pay by their employer has been settled for $3.5 million, meaning each claimant can expect to receive between $9,000 and $10,000. Our Costa Mesa wage and hour attorneys know that cases like this are…
In this second entry of our two-part series on the rapid proliferation of temporary workers in California, our Costa Mesa employment lawyers continue to explore some of the vulnerabilities of these employees and the extent of the power they do hold. We’ve been closely following the ProPublica/TIME Magazine series on…