California’s Wage Theft Prevention Act requires that employers give detailed notice to each employee about what wages and benefits they will receive for their labor.
The Wage Theft Prevention Act notice requirements help California workers keep track of their employer’s compliance with state and federal wage and hour laws. And if your employer doesn’t provide you with notice or adequately pay you, you might be entitled to back wages or penalties.
At Workplace Rights Law Group, our award-winning legal team can help ensure that your employer does not cut corners when it comes to your wages or rights. We can also help ensure that you get paid everything you have earned.
If you would like to speak with a California wage & hour lawyer, please call us at 818-405-9051 today.
Contents hideWhenever an employer hires an employee, it must give the employee a written Wage Theft Prevention Act notice that includes the following:
This notice has to be in the language the employer usually uses to communicate employment matters to the employee. And if information in the notice changes, an employer must notify its employee in writing within seven days.
However, state and local government employees, overtime-exempt employees, and employees under certain collective bargaining agreements are not entitled to receive the above notice.
In addition to initial notice about your wage rates and benefits, your employer generally needs to give you detailed information about your earnings during each pay period. This notice should let you know the following:
Your employer can include this information on the detachable part of your paycheck or on a separate document (if you receive payment by a personal check or cash).
An employer that intentionally fails to give its employee written information about their pay rates, hours, and earnings must pay for this failure. An employee that is harmed by this failure has the right to receive the greater of the following:
In a claim, a harmed employee also has the right to recover costs and attorney fees. We can review the circumstances of your case and initiate legal action to make sure that you receive all damages and penalties available to you if your employer breaks a state wage law.
Your employer should not keep you in the dark about the money you have earned. But if you find that your employer does not give you the notice or the pay that it owes you, our experienced wage and hour attorneys at Workplace Rights Law Group can step in to fix the situation.
We have recovered millions of dollars on behalf of mistreated California workers, and we are ready to fight for you.
Call us at 818-405-9051 or contact us online to schedule a consultation.
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