Focuses on wage theft and the failure of employers to pay California employees what they are owed, including unpaid regular wages, overtime, commissions, and final paychecks.
August 5, 2025
If you’ve been misclassified as an exempt employee in California, you may be losing far more than just overtime pay. Your classification affects how your sick pay is calculated, whether…
July 30, 2025
You clock out, head home, and settle in. But you’re still “on call.” You can’t leave town. You can’t have a drink after work with your friends or at the…
July 17, 2025
Employees paid on commission face a frustrating and uniquely unfair problem: illegal commission chargebacks. These occur when an employer deducts money from your paycheck, money you believe you’ve earned, claiming…
June 26, 2025
Some California employers think they’ve found a clever way to skip out on paying wages, overtime, and payroll taxes: they use what is known as “independent contractor misclassification” i.e. misclassify…
June 23, 2025
Most employees encounter the situation where the employer hasn’t paid all of the employee’s earned wages and the employee is left wondering how to demand unpaid wages. It might be…
June 18, 2025
If your employer classifies you as an independent contractor, but you’re doing the same work as the company’s employees, you’re probably wondering: Am I really an independent contractor, or am…
June 17, 2025
If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance your employer owes you money and you need it now. Understanding the fastest ways to recover unpaid wages can make the difference…
May 27, 2025
Recovering unpaid commissions is a legal right under California law, but most employees don’t know where to start. When employers refuse to pay commissions that have already been earned, it’s…
May 17, 2025
If your employer isn’t paying you correctly, whether it’s your hourly wages, overtime, commissions, bonuses, split shift premiums, or meal and rest break premiums, you may be wondering how to…
May 9, 2025
Matt Ruggles is a California employment attorney with over 30 years of employment litigation experience who has represented employees since 2016, including in unpaid wage claims. Over the course of…