Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

Resident Manager Eviction

I've been managing an apartment building for 19 years

and have been told that my services are no longer

needed and that I need to move in 30 days. I've never

received any negative input on the job and I was

wondering whether this firing is legally effective or

proper?

Also I've been compensated by a rent decrease every

month but have never been paid for my time as a

resident manager. But I've read recently that a law

suggests that Resident Manager's in California are due

compensation in an hourly wage with taxes withheld. Is

this true?

Is it imperative that I move immediately if i've recieved

nothing but a verbal eviction?


Asked on 6/17/02, 11:59 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Bryan Whipple Bryan R. R. Whipple, Attorney at Law

Re: Resident Manager Eviction

You are probably not entitled to keep your job or your personal apartment. However, you probably are entitled to cash compensation at the minimum wage and maybe some interest and penalties for all those years where you only got a reduced rent.

I once reviewed a file from a former landlady who had been forced to pay back wages in cash to her property manager. She wanted my assistance in fighting the authorities. Upon investigation I decided the authorities were probably correct in holding that my prospective client owed the money to the former manager, so I declined the case.

I recommend you get a local attorney with labor and employment law experience and if that attorney needs references to a case where the manager won back pay, contact me.

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Answered on 6/18/02, 12:37 am


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