Oakland Unpaid Hours Lawyer

California law strictly dictates that employers must pay employees for every hour of work performed, prohibiting any unauthorized reduction or manipulation of recorded work time. This includes time spent organizing, traveling to customer locations, and work deemed unsatisfactory by the employer. If your employer has failed to pay you for all hours worked, the specialized legal team at Venardi Zurada LLP can help you recover wages owed, civil penalties, and interest. If you believe your wages have been unlawfully withheld, reach out to our firm for a free consultation.

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Let The Venardi Zurada Oakland Unpaid Hours Lawyers Fight For Your Rights

If you have unpaid hours and wages with your employer for all of the hours you worked, your employer may owe you money going back up to four years. Venardi Zurada LLP is a firm of employment law attorneys who specialize in recovering wages for employees, including for non-payment of regular time wages. We work on a contingency basis, so we don’t get paid until you get paid. If you or someone you know has not been paid their wages, please call our Oakland unpaid hours lawyers. We may be able to recover the wages due, civil penalties, interest going back four years, and attorneys’ fees.

You Must Be Paid for All Hours Worked

Your employer must pay you whenever you perform work and cannot cut or reduce the hours you worked when paying you. For example, your employer cannot cut your hours because you did not work quickly enough or did not do a good enough job or because the employer does not have enough money to pay you for all of the hours you worked.

Your employer is also not allowed to ask you not to clock in, or ask you to clock out while you are working. The clock normally starts to run when you get to work and includes the time needed to organize for the day and the time to travel to and from customer locations. Your employer can round time you work up or down as long as the effect is neutral (i.e., the rounding does not have the effect of cutting the hours you worked) but is not allowed to manipulate your time records to cut your hours.

Contact Our Experienced Oakland Unpaid Hours Lawyers

If you are an employee who feels their rights have been violated, or you need help negotiating or reviewing your employee contract, please call to speak to one of our expert Oakland unpaid hours lawyers at 833-893-6763 or submit our form.

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A fierce advocate for individuals in the Bay Area. Practicing law for over 30 years, he specializes in complex personal injury matters. His expertise, backed by his service in the Coast Guard and legal career in Oakland and Walnut Creek, is wholly dedicated to serving the community.