Long Beach Attorneys Representing Employees with Unpaid Termination Wages Claims
California employment and labor laws require employers to pay employees in a timely manner upon termination of employment — whether a worker quits, is fired, or is laid off.
Employers who Routinely Delay Final Payment of Wages Due When Firing Employees.
Specifically, employers are expected to pay all wages owed immediately after firing or discharging an employee, or within 72 hours when a worker quits. This includes not only wages for hours worked, but can also include compensation for accumulated paid time off. Employers may have an ongoing pattern of disregarding the law concerning payment of wages upon termination of employment.
"Waiting time penalty." If an employer willfully fails to pay any wages of an employee who is discharged or who quits, the wages of the employee shall continue as a penalty from the due date thereof at the same rate until paid or until an action therefore is commenced, but the wages shall not continue for more than 30 days. Thus, this penalty would apply to all wages owed to former employees, including overtime premium, meal period premium, rest period premium, reporting time pay, and split shift premium.
Discuss your case with a class action employment law attorney at the law offices of Westrup Klick, LLP. Our lawyers bring claims on behalf of large groups of employees who have been wronged in a similar manner. In this way, we are able to help ordinary people who would not otherwise be able to hire an attorney to achieve justice with regard to unpaid wages or wages paid late at the end of their employment.
A Legacy of Justice for Workers Suffering Loss Because of Unpaid Termination Wages
Attorney R. Duane Westrup has been representing wronged workers for more than 30 years; attorney Rhonda Klick for more than 20 years. All of our attorneys have dedicated their careers of to advocating for employees and consumers. We are well qualified to help make sure that you know your rights, and to bring legal action when you and other workers' rights are habitually violated on the job.
You may be eligible to initiate or join a class action lawsuit to recover missing or late termination wages including commissions and vacation pay that were due to you and were never paid or were paid late. Call or e-mail the law offices of Westrup Klick, LLP, to discuss your unpaid termination wages with an employment lawyer.
