California's Economy Relies on Proper Wage Payments

When employers fail to pay their employees overtime wages for working over 8hours in a workday or 40 hours in a workweek, the California economy suffers for the following reasons:

1. Less Jobs
When employers are following overtime laws, more jobs exist because instead of paying a single employee to work 12 hours in a day the employer is likely to hire two employees to work 6 hours each. For example, assume E makes $10/hr. If he works 12 hours he makes $80 for the first 8 hours and $60 for hours 8-12 (1.5x regular $10/hr rate). That is a grand total of $140 for 12 hours.

On the other hand, if two employees work 6 hours each, the employer only has to pay $120 for the 12 hours of labor, rather than $140 as per the example above.

2. Unfair competition

How can I company that follows overtime laws compete with one that does not? It is Understood! 

to a t-shirt company that gets the shirts for 5$/shirt trying to compete with one that gets the shirts for $1/shirt.

Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik is here to help you fight back against your current or former employer and get fully paid for all of the time you work.

California overtime laws

Employees are often required to work off the clock labor for their employers. Sometimes, the employees are required to clock out for a meal or rest break, despite the fact that the employees are in fact not taking a break; rather they are continuing to work without being paid. Other times, employees are required to attend mandatory training, attend mandatory meetings and/or phone conferences, though they are not paid for this work.

Are you spending time preparing for work, but not getting paid for that time?
Are you spending time closing down the store or office even though you have clocked out? Are you paid 1.5x your regular rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40hours in a workday or 40 hours in a workweek?

Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik is a premier overtime law firm, with a long history of recovering wages for employees throughout the state of California. Call (858) 551-1223 today if you believe you have been cheated out of money you earned by performing labor for your current and/or former employer.

Employees are entitlted to be paid for ALL of the hours they work, unless the employee can prove otherwise.

The Rainmaker Retreat

A few weeks ago Jon Zacharias from our office attended the Rainmaker Retreat in Las Vegas. The event was transformative and enlightening, he said. But most importantly, he came back with information that will forever change the way our law firm operates.

Rich Strauch from the Rainmaker Institute taught him how to create systems that run the law firm. Technology coupled with the Rainmaker's valuable information makes these systems beyond attractive for law firms. Instead of the people running the law firm, it is possible for a system to keep track of everything. Although our lawyers are smart, they are not smarter and more organized than a computer.

In addition, the Stephen Fairley of the Rainmaker Institute shared his unrivaled knowledge of how to market a law firm. We now know some very effective expensive marketing secrets, as well as some very effective inexpensive marketing secrets.

In short, if you are a small law firm, regardless of whether or not your doing well, you want to go to this retreat. If your struggling, it will take your firm to the next tier. If your doing well,  it will take you to the next tier.

Loss Prevention Employees

Are you a loss prevention employee who is called back to work for multiple shifts in a single day? Do you have to respond to security alarms in the middle of the night to see what happened? Do you have to stay after your supposed to be done working in order to provide corporate headquarters with information about breaches in security?

If you are a loss prevention employee and find yourself working off the clock without getting paid for the additional work, you may be getting cheated out of money you are earning.

Use it or Lose It

Businesses may place a cap on the total amount of vacation time you earn, bummer! However, businesses are generally not allowed to have a "use it or lose it policy." This means that if you don't use your vacation time in a certain year, you may still be entitled to keep it in certain situations.

Click on this link to learn more: Vacation Time Information

California Employees Need to Stick up For Their Rights

California Employees:

When employers cheat you out of the wages you earn, they are also cheating California out of money. Given the state's gaping budget deficit, it is critical that employees stand up for their rights.