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Each workday with a missed, late or interrupted meal break earns one extra hour of pay, and so does each workday with a missed rest break. Here is…
Read article: Meal and Rest Break Premiums in California: What Your Employer Owes You
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California presumes you are an employee. A company that pays you on a 1099 must prove all three parts of the ABC test, or owe you every protection…
Read article: Misclassified as an Independent Contractor in California? The ABC Test Explained
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If you show up and get sent home, or your shift is broken into two pieces, California may owe you extra pay.
Read article: Split-Shift and Reporting-Time Pay in California
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If you use your own phone, car, internet or tools for work, California law requires your employer to reimburse a reasonable share.
Read article: Work Expense Reimbursement in California: Mileage, Cell Phones, Home Offices and More
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Long shifts without daily overtime are legal in California only under a properly adopted alternative workweek schedule.
Read article: 12-Hour Shifts and Overtime in California: Alternative Workweek Rules
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A Labor Commissioner claim is free and simple for a single wage dispute. A lawyer can usually recover more when violations are widespread or tied to a firing.
Read article: Labor Commissioner Wage Claim vs. Hiring a Lawyer: Which Is Right for You?
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A few minutes a day adds up. Rounding and automatic meal deductions are among the most common ways California workers lose pay.
Read article: Time Rounding and Automatic Meal Deductions: Are You Losing Pay?
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Tips belong to the workers who earn them. Owners, managers and supervisors can't take a share, and California allows no tip credit.
Read article: Tip Pooling Rules in California: Who Can Share Your Tips
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Earned vacation is wages in California. It can't expire, and it must be paid out when your job ends.
Read article: Vacation Payout in California: “Use It or Lose It” Is IllegalFree, confidential consultation
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