Unpaid Wages Blog
Posted on May 9, 2011 By Attorney Karl Gerber
These days, implied and oral contracts are generally not valid legal theories against employers. If there is any language in an employee manual, or personnel document the employee signed, stating the ...
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Posted on May 2, 2011 By Attorney Karl Gerber
The absence of a contract does not preclude recovery under quantum meruit because quantum meruit does not require the existence of a contract. Actions lie in common counts even when the services were ...
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Posted on Apr 25, 2011 By Attorney Karl Gerber
Employees may estimate the number of hours they worked, and were not paid, if the employer has inadequate payroll records. In every jury trial, the jury is given an instruction on what the law is. If ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2011 By Attorney Karl Gerber
California Code of Regulations, Title 8 Section 11020(12) requires that employees receive a meal period if they work more than 5 consecutive hours, and the meal period must be at least 30 minutes. ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2011 By Attorney Karl Gerber
California Labor Code Section 510 specifies that work in excess of 8 hours in a day, or in excess of 40 hours in a week, is to be compensated at an overtime rate . The specified overtime rate is one ...
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Posted on Mar 22, 2011 By Attorney Karl Gerber
We are pleased to announce the launch of our Unpaid Wages Blog.
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