Category: Wages

Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: If a salaried employee has been working for the same company for 18 years, has earned three weeks’ paid vacation, and has been receiving this same amount of vacation for the past eight to 10 years, can the employer suddenly cut one week of this paid vacation? A:…

Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: I am usually scheduled for an eight-hour shift – noon to 8:00 p.m. , for example. We are allowed a one-hour break during our shift that we must clock out for. Therefore, I am not receiving any break time on the clock. Is this legal? What are the…

Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: I read that employees are supposed to get two breaks daily, by law. Are security officers exempt from that law? I work as a gate security officer in a gated community. The guards are not allowed to take a break of any kind. We eat and use the…

Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: I am working as an employee as opposed to an independent contractor because I want my employer to manage my taxes each paycheck. In my verbal employment agreement, I do not receive benefits. Does my employer have to provide two 15-minute paid breaks during an eight-hour shift, as…

Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: Our employee handbook states, “To receive holiday pay, an eligible employee must work the regularly scheduled workdays immediately before and after the holiday, unless the employee has received prior authorization to miss work.” I received prior written authorization from my manager to take off the Monday after the…

Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: After I left the company where I served as an on site project manager, a subcontractor sued the company, its owners and five employees, including me, over an unpaid bill. As a result, I have hired a lawyer at $265 an hour. I earned $33.60 an hour when…