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Wage & Hour Violations

Plain-English guides and news on Wage & Hour Violations from our California employment lawyers.

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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.

Oct 5, 2026 9 min read

Wage & Hour Violations

If you use your own phone, car, internet or tools for work, California law requires your employer to reimburse a reasonable share.

Oct 5, 2026 7 min read

Wage & Hour Violations

Long shifts without daily overtime are legal in California only under a properly adopted alternative workweek schedule.

Oct 5, 2026 8 min read

Wage & Hour Violations

A Labor Commissioner claim is free and simple for a single wage dispute. A lawyer can usually recover more when violations are widespread or…

Oct 5, 2026 7 min read

Wage & Hour Violations

A few minutes a day adds up. Rounding and automatic meal deductions are among the most common ways California workers lose pay.

Oct 5, 2026 10 min read

Wage & Hour Violations

Tips belong to the workers who earn them. Owners, managers and supervisors can't take a share, and California allows no tip credit.

Oct 5, 2026 7 min read

Wage & Hour Violations

Earned vacation is wages in California. It can't expire, and it must be paid out when your job ends.

Oct 5, 2026 7 min read

Wage & Hour Violations

Being paid a salary doesn't make you exempt. California requires both a minimum salary and a job that meets strict duties tests.

Oct 5, 2026 7 min read

Compensation Law

California farmworkers now get overtime after 8 hours a day, protection from heat, and workers' comp coverage, regardless of immigration status.

Oct 5, 2026 7 min read

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