Category: Wages

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…