Wage Hour Compliance & Litigation

Overview

Correctly compensating employees is one of the biggest challenges employers face today. In recent years, we've seen more wage-hour claims than any other workplace dispute. We work with clients to discover potential issues related to overtime, payroll, meal break, off-the-clock work, or employee classification. We offer training and on-call advice for management and HR team members, so that everyone understands wage standards, keeping your business litigation-free. Our team is also armed with solutions for any potential dispute—we will prep you for state and federal audits, conflict resolution, and provide you with a strong defense against lawsuits.

Representative Experience

• Large manufacturer of high-pressure aluminum and composite cylinders: Represented in connection with a wage and hour class action pending against it in California Superior Court
• Food enterprise: Represented in a wage-hour litigation
• Seller of fresh strawberries and other berries: Represented in wage-hour class action filed on behalf of nearly 3,000 California employees alleging claims of off-the-clock work, failure to provide meal and rest breaks, unlawful payroll time-rounding practices, and other state Labor Code violations. Successfully negotiated class settlement on favorable terms
• Large hospitality group: Successfully resolved wage hour class action following rigorous discovery
• Large healthcare system: Successfully resolved state wage hour class action following federal court dismissal of related claims