Are California Title Assistants, Title Officers & Title Specialists Owed Overtime Pay?
California Title Assistants, Title Officers and Title Specialists may be in for a nice New Years Gift. Research and investigation has shown that many of the title related positions require little independent judgment and in many cases should be classified as non-exempt or in other words entitled to California overtime pay.
If this is the case, these employees may be entitled to overtime pay as well as other related damages under the California labor code.
California class action attorneys have recovered millions of dollars on behalf of employees in the Title industry for failure to pay overtime and other related violations.
Some of the most well know title companies in California are Fidelity National Financial , Chicago Title Company , and Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation, and Land America who recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
If you are a title assistant, title officer or title specialist in California and you are classified as exempt or deprived of overtime pay, you may wish to speak to a California labor law attorney to find out if you are entitled to overtime pay.
Strategy:Tit
1. If you have worked long hours without overtime pay, gather one pay stub, your performance evaluations and job descriptions.
2. Gather names and phone number of any other witnesses that will attest to the hours you worked and the duties you performed.
3. Contact a California labor law attorney to find out if you and other like you may be entitled to back overtime pay.
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