Legal Question in Employment Law in California

The company that I work for has out-sourced payroll. A few months ago, my sup called me to discuss a possibility of a pay cut through a pay rate change. I rejected the offer and asked him to reconsider. I never heard from him again and my pay rate on paper did not change however I have noticed that my time is being manipuleted and just last month i lost about $1500 in unpaid hours worked. The company has an online time worked history going back as far as one week....I took my losses last month and kept mum but I also decided to investigate what really is happening. This month I have taken pictures of the daily time worked history page just to make sure. I have image for all days of this month. The company is most likely going to manipulate my hours again, but this time i will have the evidence. If it happens again, what amount of money can i sue the companies for ...for this unethical conduct. how can i increase my leverage for the violation and how can i help protec other employees from the evil practice? ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TAKE ON THIS CASE? The company is global.


Asked on 8/31/09, 12:13 pm

3 Answers from Attorneys
Joseph La Costa Joseph La Costa, Attorney at Law

Please contact me we do handle pay roll problems

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Answered on 8/31/09, 12:39 pm
JEB Pickett Wynne Law Firm

Manipulation of payroll records is illegal and you can recover both the amounts properly owed as well as potential penalties for the violations. A potential class action could protect other employees or at least determine if any other employees besides yourself are or were having their time manipulated as well. We have significant experience in handling these cases and I would be happy to provide a free consultation to explain all of your possible alternatives so that you could decide how you wished to proceed.

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Answered on 8/31/09, 1:15 pm
Terry A. Nelson Nelson & Lawless

If you have credible evidence to back up your claim of missing compensation and altered payroll/time records, you have claim[s] worth pursuing for Labor Code violations as well as Business and Professional code violations amounting to fraud. You should be entitled to general damages, unpaid compensation, penalties, interest, and your attorney fees if you win. If serious about pursuing this, feel free to contact me.

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Answered on 8/31/09, 2:32 pm


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