Collecting Penalties for Wage Violations

Wage theft is the situation that arises when an employer is unable to give wages for all the hours that employees worked. It is common in the economy. Despite this, even though employees win the case in court, a vast number of them cannot collect the wages that are outstanding. In case you win the case filed the California Labor Commissioner, you can get all the outstanding wages and you can get employer penalized as per law. There is a law that mandates employers to pay the eligible employees the overtime wages if any. Thus, the law is supportive to employees.

 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

 

Q. What are damages incurred by an employee?

These are the wages that have not been paid.

 

Q. What are the penalties for employers for committed missed meals and rest breaks?

In California, an employer is supposed to grant a ten-minute rest for every 4-hour work ( part of 4-hour period). An employee must get an unpaid meal break for 30 minutes after the five-hour duration.

An employer must pay a penalty of one hour pay at the standard rate for every workday when meal breaks are not there. Similar rules will apply other breaks.

 

Q. When is an employee eligible liquidated damages for minimum wage claims?

If an employee was being paid lower than minimum wage, they are eligible to get liquidated damages. The amount is equal to the lost wages.

 

Q. Which law helps workers collect unpaid wages?

S.B. 588 signed in 2015 is aimed to help employees to collect unpaid wages. In case the employer fails to pay the judgment for unpaid wages, regulators are empowered to take possession of the property and bank accounts.

 

Q. What should a new hire get?

Employers have to go according to wage notice norms. Thus, under California Wage Theft Act,

employers need to serve a written notice to new hires on wage inform ion.

 

How UELG (United Employees Law Group) Can Help Employees

Employees should take the help of UELG thanks to the complexity of the law, various other issues like tame lags, etc. In most case, employee necessitates an attorney, to fight the case to get the unpaid wages. UELG will make it easy by offering the necessary professional help and advice to employees. They will help clear every doubt and concern of employees. With their, so many years of experience in dealing with employer-employee wage-related cases can easily get settled.