Overtime Wage Attorney In Los Angeles, California

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What Is The Correct Overtime Pay You Should Be Making?

Overtime wages are meant for employees who work more than 40 hours a week, over 8 hours per workday and outside of 6 consecutive workdays within a week. The law in California for overtime states that employers are required to pay their employees one and one-half times their regular rate for every hour worked in excess of a regular 8 hour shift and up to and including 12 hours in any workday. They also have to double an employee’s regular rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 12 hours in any workday and for all hours worked in excess of 8 hours on the seventh consecutive day of work in a workweek. California’s overtime law also protects undocumented workers, so employees can get the help they deserve without fear of deportation.



Not every employee is eligible for overtime pay; there are some exemptions to California’s overtime law in regards to which classification of employees should be paid this way, but most employees will, particularly if you are paid hourly. 

Reasons Why Employer May Unjustly Deny Overtime Pay 

• Employee is paid on a salary basis, leading employers to believe they are exempt from being eligible to receive overtime wages (however, some salaried positions are supposed to be paid overtime!)
• Phony titles for positions like “manager,” lead employees to believe they’re ineligible for overtime pay due to the higher status of their title (when really, they are doing the work of a normal employee and deserve to be paid overtime) 
• Giving comp time, which can be used to leave work early or attend an appointment but isn’t actually paid time,
• And more!

What Our Los Angeles Overtime Wage Lawyers Can Do For You & Why You Should Choose Us

Southern California Attorneys, A.P.C is not only ranked in the top 10% of California law firms but also has over 60 years of combined experience helping employees navigate employment laws and stand up against employers who are in the wrong. Not being paid for overtime is illegal and unfair. It can prohibit you from being able to keep yourself and your family afloat when the extra money is needed, and can cause stress in your place of work. We look at every employee related case differently, because every employee’s situation is different. We are careful and diligent about obtaining all the details and necessary information related to your case so that we can take the right strategic legal action on your behalf and help you secure the pay that is rightfully yours. Our Los Angeles overtime wage lawyers are familiar with the California work laws and will fight for justice, no matter how complicated your situation may be! 

We often help our clients seek compensation for many different reasons, including but not limited to employer misclassifying employee as “independent contractor”, employer misclassifying employee as “nonexempt”, employer not including bonuses when calculating overtime rate, employer not keeping accurate record of hours worked, employer intimidating employee for trying to claim overtime work on timesheets, and employer not paying for unauthorized overtime (even if it was unauthorized, they still need to pay).