Computer Security

Employment Law Lawyers Working for Information Security Staff

Computer security specialists are primarily responsible for planning, coordinating and maintaining information.  Computer security specialists are often paid a fixed salary and not paid overtime wages for working more than eight hours in a workday or forty hours in a workweek.  In an effort to gain an unfair advantage on labor costs over competitors, California businesses often cheat technology workers and computer security specialists out of wages and other state and federal employment rights. This treatment of employees is not only immoral, but also illegal.

At Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik, our California employment law attorneys represent technology and computer workers who are subjected to illegal employer pay practices involving:

• Paying computer security specialists fixed salaries and no overtime wages for working more than 8 hours in a day or forty hours in a week
• Treating information systems security workers as exempt from overtime or as independent contractors
• Failing to reimburse information technology protection employees for equipment, licenses, training and other certifications
• Failing to pay IT and IS security for remaining “on-call” or for working “off-the-clock”
• Failing to record and pay data security analysts for time spent attending meetings and training

Wrongfully Terminated Data Security Employee? Call 800-568-8020 For Legal Advice

Our attorneys also concentrate on helping information technology workers in the data security industry recover money and penalties for illegal employer practices such as wrongful termination, discrimination and harassment. Being a computer technician is demanding. You have to work long hours, on evenings and even during the weekends and holidays. Sometimes, the work environment becomes intolerable.

The information technology overtime wage attorneys at Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik are known as some of California’s premier wage and hour lawyers. We have an impressive track record of obtaining large settlements and judgments in California cities such as Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area on behalf of computer workers who are victims of their company’s illegal activity.

Database Administrators

Employment Law Lawyers Committed to Helping Systems Database Administrators

In the current modern era of business, many employers in California are looking for employees who can install and maintain databases. Striving to stay ahead of the competition, these employer’s often look to exploit technology workers such as database administrators by denying them the full amount of money and wages they are entitled to under the state’s labor and employment laws.

At Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik, we represent database administrators who are paid a salary and not paid overtime wages for working more than 8 hours in a workday or 40 hours in a workweek. We have the skill and experience to litigate state labor code lawsuits as well as federal wage-and-hour cases. If you are or were a database administrator responsible for these types of job duties, call our labor lawyers today to see if you have a valid claim to recover wages, salaries and damages:

• Enter data into a computer
• Integrate data from old systems into a new system.
• Test and modify the systems
• Troubleshoot system problems
• coordinate security measures with network administrators

Database Administrators usually are responsible for determining the methods of organizing and storing data. This involves identifying user requirements and setting up unique computer databases. It may also entail testing and coordinating systems, ensuring that the system works properly, and making any modifications necessary. Database administrators must understand the platform that the database runs on. Data Analysts are similar to system administrators in that they sometimes install and troubleshoot system security and coordinate security measures.  
Our labor law attorneys are prepared to provide legal advice to IT data programmers in actions involving violations of labor laws such as :

• Wrongful Termination
• Retaliation
• Incorrectly classifying database administrators as exempt from overtime
• Improperly treating Data Programmers as Independent Contractors
• Failing to reimburse database administrators for software, tools and equipment
• Not paying database administrators for “on-call” time or working through breaks

Database Administrator Wrongfully Terminated? Call 800-568-8020 for Labor Advice

We’re known as one of California’s premier wage and hour law firms. We work with information technology workers and database administrators throughout the state, including the San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego. Contact us for a free consultation with a focused and committed employment lawyer.

Computer Programmers

Labor Law Attorneys Concentrating on Computer Industry Workers

Although information and technology systems at first galvanized California’s workforce by creating many more jobs, it soon became apparent that the state’s computer revolution not only led to many more employment opportunities, but also to many more opportunities for employers to violate the state’s labor laws.  Nowadays, it has become a standard business practice in California for computer companies to commit illegal labor practices against computer systems analysts, computer programmers, software engineers and other similarly skilled workers in the computer field.

The employment law lawyers of Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik are known throughout the state of California- from Los Angeles to San Jose, Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area - for obtaining large settlements and judgments on behalf of computer employees. We primarily concentrate on helping employees in the computer industry collect:

• Unpaid overtime wages and salaries
• Wages and penalties for misclassifying skilled workers as exempt from overtime pay
• Unpaid vacation time
• Out-of-pocket work expenses such as equipment, tools, software, hardware, seminars, computer classes, licenses, training and other certifications
• Compensation for time spent “on-call” or standby time
• Compensation for time spent working off-the-clock booting up and shutting down computers or working from home

Our employment law attorneys also focus on helping employees in actions to recover penalties for illegal employer activity. Employees working in computer and technology position can rely on us in cases of wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination and retaliation.

Call 800-568-8020 to Collect Your Unpaid Overtime Wages

In order to pay computer employees a fixed salary and no overtime wages, it is the technology company’s burden to prove that the worker is exempt based on his or her job duties. To satisfy the computer exemption test, you must be a computer systems analyst, computer programmer, software engineer or other highly skilled employee. In addition, you must be a paid a guaranteed, high minimum salary each week.  Computer workers that manufacture, install, repair, maintain, troubleshoot or perform other repetitive tasks are entitled to premium overtime wages. Whether or not the employee is capable of high-skilled work, has a fancy job title or makes a salary is irrelevant. All that matters is what he or she is actually doing.

Contact an employment law lawyer at Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik to get free legal advice about whether you have a valid claim to collect back pay, overtime wages and penalties for violations of the labor code and FLSA.

Help Desk Support Lawyers

• Illegal Wage Hour Practices
• Wrongful Termination Discrimination and Harassment
• Employee Benefits Rights
• Employee Class Action Advantages
• Illegal Pay Practices by Industry

Ticketing Help-Desk Customer Support

Help-Desk Support Working in a Hostile Environment?

At Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik, our California employment law attorneys represent workers in the information systems and technology industries throughout the state, from Los Angeles to Silicon Valley and San Francisco. If you think that your current or former employer violated labor laws in California or the federal FLSA, contact our law firm to find out if you have a valid case.

California technical support workers in the field of technology and computers are required to respond to inquiries from computer users according to the businesses guidelines and protocols. They usually run employer established automatic troubleshooting and diagnostic programs. Support specialists and other customer service employees are also responsible for overseeing the day to day operations of their employer’s computer systems and required to resolve technical problems with LAN lines, WAN networks or other systems.

The labor law lawyers in the wage-and-hour division of Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik have extensive experience, as well as an impressive record of settlements and judgments, on behalf of help-desk support workers for violations of state labor laws involving:

• Paying help-desk and customer support salaries without overtime wages
• Denying customer service workers mandatory meal periods or rest breaks
• Failing to reimburse support specialists for tools, equipment and training expenses
• Not paying help-desk employees for booting up and shutting down computers before and after shifts
• Not paying help-desk and customer support employees for working from home, sending emails or making customer calls

Customer Support Staff Member Terminated Illegally?

Our employment law lawyers also focus on helping Customer Service Representatives recover money, including damages and penalties, from unfair employer practices like wrongful termination, discrimination or harassment. Customer Service Representatives usually serve as a direct point of contact for customers and are responsible for ensuring that the company’s customers receive an adequate level of service or help with their questions and concerns. This often means that Customer Support Specialists are working tons of hours under a lot of pressure. This pressure coupled with discrimination or harassment may lead to intolerable working conditions for which the employee can recover damages.

Our lawyers work with information technology workers such as help-desk and customer support specialists throughout the state of California, including the San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego.

Computer Hardware Engineers

A Computer Hardware Engineer is responsible for researching, designing, developing, and testing computer hardware. Computer engineers are also responsible for the manufacture and installation. Of hardware, which refers to computer chips, circuit boards, computer systems and related equipment such as keyboards, modems, and printers.

The wage and hour law lawyers of Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik are known throughout California for successfully representing computer workers in lawsuits to recover financial damages for illegal employer pay practices. Our employment law attorneys focus on representing hardware engineers and technicians who perform the following or similar job duties in lawsuits to collect overtime wages:

• Provide technical support
• Test and authenticate hardware through recording and inputting test data
• Screen functionality of hardware and make essential alterations to ensure system operates
• Troubleshooting hardware problems
• Installing computer hardware

California overtime laws require all technology companies to pay computer employees additional compensation for working more than 8 hour workdays, 40 hour workweeks and 7 days in a row. California has special overtime rules that apply to computer professionals. As of 2009, all computer employees must be paid at least not less than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for full-time employment in order to be exempt from overtime compensation.

Computer employees that install and maintain hardware are usually not exempt from California overtime laws because these employees are not performing work that involves specialized skill. Computer employees that are performing manual labor are required to be paid one and a half times the regular rate for all overtime hours worked under state labor laws.

Computer Operators

Employment Law Lawyers Focused on Computer Operator Wage and Labor Rights

Businesses throughout the entire state of California- especially in Silicon Valley, Los Angeles and San Francisco- hire more and more information technology and systems workers. In order for the advanced systems and technology to properly work, these tech businesses are also employing more and more computer operators. At Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik, our California employment law attorneys are prepared to provide the aggressive, effective helping hand IT workers (such as computer systems operators) need on their  side in cases of wrongful termination, discrimination and harassment.

Computer Operator Denied Overtime Pay? Call 800-568-8020 for Collection Lawyers

Computer Operators generally control the console of a mainframe digital computer. Working from operating instructions prepared by programmers, users or operations managers, a computer operator sets controls on the computer and on peripheral devices required to run a particular job. Workers who primarily perform such work completing repetitive operations with their hands, physical skill and energy are not exempt from overtime wages, meaning that they are entitled to overtime pay at one and a half times the regular rate for working more than 8 hours in a day or 40 hours in a week.

The overtime law lawyers at Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik are known throughout California for representing skilled computer techs in lawsuits to recover:

• Overtime wages for salaried computer operators that are paid a fixed salary even when they work more than 8 hour days or 40 hour weeks
• Unpaid wages for time spent performing work off-the-clock or standing-by waiting to repair computer and systems failures
• Unpaid work-related expenses such as training and classes
• Unpaid vacation pay and holiday time

Our employment law attorneys work with information technology and computer professionals throughout the state, including the San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego. Contact us to see how we can help you recover damages and unpaid overtime wages.

Computer Security

Employment Law Lawyers Working for Information Security Staff

Computer security specialists are primarily responsible for planning, coordinating and maintaining information.  Computer security specialists are often paid a fixed salary and not paid overtime wages for working more than eight hours in a workday or forty hours in a workweek.  In an effort to gain an unfair advantage on labor costs over competitors, California businesses often cheat technology workers and computer security specialists out of wages and other state and federal employment rights. This treatment of employees is not only immoral, but also illegal.

At Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik, our California employment law attorneys represent technology and computer workers who are subjected to illegal employer pay practices involving:

• Paying computer security specialists fixed salaries and no overtime wages for working more than 8 hours in a day or forty hours in a week
• Treating information systems security workers as exempt from overtime or as independent contractors
• Failing to reimburse information technology protection employees for equipment, licenses, training and other certifications
• Failing to pay IT and IS security for remaining “on-call” or for working “off-the-clock”
• Failing to record and pay data security analysts for time spent attending meetings and training

Wrongfully Terminated Data Security Employee? Call 800-568-8020 For Legal Advice

Our attorneys also concentrate on helping information technology workers in the data security industry recover money and penalties for illegal employer practices such as wrongful termination, discrimination and harassment. Being a computer technician is demanding. You have to work long hours, on evenings and even during the weekends and holidays. Sometimes, the work environment becomes intolerable.

The information technology overtime wage attorneys at Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik are known as some of California’s premier wage and hour lawyers. We have an impressive track record of obtaining large settlements and judgments in California cities such as Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area on behalf of computer workers who are victims of their company’s illegal activity.

Software Engineers

Employment Law Lawyers Committed to Protecting Software Engineer Labor Rights

Our California-based employment law firm focuses on protecting the wage-and-hour labor rights of technology and computer systems workers such as system software engineers. In particular, our attorneys have the resources and experience to help software developers, engineers and programmers who follow company guidelines while performing these types of job tasks:

• Install or repair general computer systems applications software
• Troubleshoot and setup internet connection, computer games, business applications, operating systems, network control systems, and middleware
• Provide customer support or work on the help-desk
• Test and track software applications
• Research and write reports on software
• Data entry
• Clerical Labor
• Other repetitive work

At Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik, our California wage-and-hour lawyers focus on representing software and applications developers, engineers, programmers and technicians in labor lawsuits involving the collection of compensation for time spent:

• Working more than 8 hour days or 40 hour weeks without extra overtime compensation
• On-call or standing by waiting for the company to give you work
• Troubleshooting during evenings off-the-clock or from home
• Showing up to work on weekends and holidays
• Performing installations and other tasks during meal breaks and rest periods

Software Engineer Overtime Claim? Call 800-568-8020 for Legal Advice

Our employment law attorneys work with software programmers, engineers, developers and administrators throughout the state, including the San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles and San Diego. Take a look at the settlements and judgments we have obtained on behalf of computer workers just like you.

Our labor law attorneys understand that working in the computer industry can be difficult and strenuous, to say the least. Sometimes systems engineers are highly skilled workers but companies make them perform work that is repetitive, whereas other times systems engineers are beginners but tech companies place them in advanced positions where it is difficult to succeed. Being placed in the wrong position can create significant tension, which is why we invite systems engineers who have been wrongfully terminated or otherwise discriminated against to contact our office for free consultations.

Network Administrators

Employment Law Lawyers Committed to Helping Network Administrators

 

In the current modern era of business, many employers in California are looking for employees who can run the company’s networks and systems. This position has become known as an “Administrator” of systems. Sometimes Administrators are beginners in the field of technology and trying to learn how to run a system. Other types of Administrators are highly skilled in this field of facilitating technology. Yet many tech companies pay Administrators a salary and no additional compensation for working overtime, which can lead to violations of labor laws.

At Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik, we represent Network Administrators who are paid a fixed salary and not paid overtime wages for working more than 8 hours in a workday or 40 hours in a workweek. These systems administrators are required to follow the company’s strict guidelines and policies in performing job duties such as to: Install Hardware, troubleshoot or answer tickets from a system. Administrators that install LANs, WANs, network segments and Internet and intranet hardware are usually entitled to overtime pay. 
We represent Network Administrators who are victims of unfair employer pay practices involving:

• Wrongful Termination
• Discrimination
• Harassment
• Incorrectly classifying Network Administrators as exempt from overtime
• Improperly treating Systems Administrators as Independent Contractors
• Failing to reimburse Administrators for software, tools and equipment
• Not paying database administrators for “on-call” time
• Automatically clocking Network Administrators out for lunch or after 8 hours even though they stay and perform job duties during their meal periods or after their scheduled shift

Network Administrators are usually responsible for making sure that all aspects of technology and systems are properly working. While some Network Administrators are highly skilled computer professionals who creatively use their skill to solve system failures, others are more akin to help-desk support staff. These types of Network Administrators work under ticketing systems, which means they work a lot of “on-call time” waiting for tickets to come in, but are not compensated for this amount of time they work off-the-clock. This can be frustrating and lead to the termination of a Network Administrators employment.

Computer Analyst Not Paid Overtime or Wrongfully Terminated? Call 800-568-8020

We’re known as one of California’s premier wage and hour law firms, with a long, successful and impressive record of settlements and judgments on behalf of Network Administrative workers throughout the state, including the San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego. Contact us for a free consultation with a focused and committed employment lawyer.

System Report Developers

 Generate Reports and Track Data? Call 800-568-8020 for Wage Law Advice

Report Developers fill an important role in California businesses in this modern era of technology. Report Developers often make a fixed salary regardless of the amount of hours they work. This can sometimes violate California and federal labor law. We’re known as one of California’s premier wage and hour law firms, and we work with employees in the information systems industry that develop reporting and data tracking systems in San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego.

Employment Law Lawyers Committed to Representing IT/IS Report Developers

At Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik, our California employment law attorneys represent Report Developers who are cheated out of their full wages in the following types of manners:

• Report Installers who make a fixed salary and don’t get paid overtime wages
• Report Administrators who are not paid back for the expense of attending training, seminars or certification classes
• Failing to reimburse Report Analysts for software, tools and equipment
• Not paying Report Developers for time spent troubleshooting, installing and maintaining report systems off-the-clock and on weekends, evenings or holidays
• Not compensating IT/IS report managers for “on-call” and standby work time

In order to classify computer report developers as exempt from overtime wages, it is the employer’s burden to prove that the employee meets the exemption test. If you are performing routine, repetitive tasks you may be able to recover back pay and penalties for your current or former employers illegal pay practices.

We represent employees in the information technology and information systems industries that enter computer data, install, and troubleshoot systems for the generation of company reports such as Report Specialists.  We also have the experience to represent systems computer technicians that work long hours developing cost per lead tracking systems. If your line of work involves entering and tracking data or generating reports and you are not paid overtime wages for working more than 8 hour days or 40 hour weeks, contact one of our employment law attorneys in California for a free consultation. Your employer may be trying to undercut the state’s labor laws, and you may be able to recover money and damages as a result.

Our experienced division of labor lawyers works with information technology workers such as help-desk and customer support specialists throughout the state of California, including the San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego.

California Employment Lawyers for Code Writers

Salaries and Fancy Job Titles Don’t Mean No Overtime for Code Writers

Our labor lawyers are known throughout California for representing computer employees, such as code writers, programmers and developers, who are paid a fixed salary and not paid additional compensation for working more than 8 hours under California employment law. We also are experienced federal wage law litigators, with an impressive record of settlements and judgments in 40 hour workweek wage-and-hour cases under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

At Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik, our California employment law attorneys represent technology workers such as computer programmers and code writers who write code for information and technology companies in Los Angeles, San Diego, Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area. When our skilled division of overtime law lawyers investigates computer tech companies, we often find these types of illegal labor pay practices:

• Paying Code Writers a Salary without extra overtime pay for working more than 8 hours in a day or 40 hours in a week
• Implementing “comp time” practices instead of paying the proper overtime wages at one and a half the programmers regular rate of pay
• Classifying Code Writers as Independent Contractors
• Failing to give software engineers 30 minute meal periods for each 5 hours of work
• Failing to reimburse IT/IS Code Writers for out-of-pocket expenses such as equipment and the cost of required training or certifications
• Making illegal deductions from salaries for uniforms, gas, cell phones, tools and equipment

Writing Code More than 50% of the Time? Call 800-568-8020 for Overtime Law Advice

The exemption for employees in computer occupations does not include employees engaged in the manufacture or repair of computer hardware and related equipment. Employees who use computer software programs, such as code writers and engineers, are usually entitled to overtime wages under California labor laws.  Contact our labor lawyers today to find out if you have a valid claim against your current or former company. Our employment law attorneys focus on representing:

• Code Writers in an entry-level position
• Underpaid and highly-skilled software writers
• Code Developers who don’t work independently or are closely supervised
• Computer Programmers who depend on using computers and software to write code
• Code Engineers and Analysts installing software and troubleshooting

We’re known as one of California’s premier wage and hour law firms, and we work with information technology and systems developers such as code writers throughout the state, including the San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Orange County and the San Diego area. Contact us for a free consultation with a focused and committed employment lawyer.