Unpaid Wages Attorney

Not Getting Paid Your Due Wages? Let Us Fight For You

It happens every day and in every line of work. Violations of California’s complex and ever-changing wage and hour laws are a regular occurrence. Employers underpay employees intentionally or by failing to research the California Labor Code or the applicable local ordinance. In any case, the law is on your side if your employer has failed to pay you for the time you worked.

Underpayment of wages can take many forms, from unpaid time to a lack of paid rest periods and other instances of withholding money or resources from you. Our employment law attorneys know how to uncover wage-related violations, and we have an extraordinary record of success in helping employees get the wages they need and deserve.

If your employer has failed to pay you the wages you are owed, call ARCH Legal PC at (866) 331-1338 or contact us by email. We are a skilled, dedicated team of attorneys who advise and represent employees in San Diego and throughout California.

Yes, Employers Get Away With Not Paying Employees Fairly. Don’t Let Yours Do the Same.

Wage theft is a considerable problem across the United States and in California, in particular. Some employers knowingly and intentionally withhold pay from employees. Others are less aware or intentional in their methods. In any case, employees are entitled to receive all the wages they’ve earned.

Wages do not always just mean your regular paycheck. Many of the clients we represent have lost far more than their standard pay, and you may be entitled to compensation for unpaid:

• Minimum or contractual pay: If you have not been paid the salary or hourly wage you were contractually promised, you deserve to be paid for your time and effort.
• Overtime (and double-time) pay: California is clear in its overtime laws. If you exceeded daily or weekly overtime thresholds without being paid fairly for your time, we will determine exactly how much overtime pay (plus interest) you are entitled to.
• Rest and meal breaks: When an employer infringes on employees’ rest and meal breaks, they make break time into work time. You should be paid for work time and pain premium wages for missed meal and rest breaks.
• Benefits: If you have accrued benefits, such as paid time off, that were not provided, this is a form of wage theft.

You might even be directly penalized by your employer’s attempts to withhold wages. For instance, you might have to unfairly pay for work-related expenses or face a higher tax liability if your employer misclassified you as an independent contractor (in an attempt to pay you less wages).

Your employment law attorney from ARCH Legal PC will survey all the damage done by your employers’ careless or malicious behavior, and we will demand a fair financial recovery for you.

We Have Seen How Employers Withhold Wages from Employees.

Employers can be creative in how they deprive their employees of hard-earned wages.

• Manipulating work records: Employers may manipulate records detailing the amount of time employees work. If such manipulation goes undetected, the employer might withhold standard wages, avoid paying overtime or double time, or achieve other financial savings.
• Failing to meet minimum wage requirements: All employers in California are legally required to pay at least minimum wage. If you have earned less than minimum wage, you are almost certainly entitled to compensation.
• Misclassifying employees: When a worker qualifies as an employee (rather than an independent contractor), they are entitled to certain benefits that contractors are not. Therefore, if your lawyer incorrectly classified you as a contractor rather than an employee, you have likely missed out on benefits for which you now deserve compensation.
• Withholding benefits: If you are entitled to benefits, you should have no difficulty accessing those benefits. Whether it is paid time off, paid sick leave, or other benefits you were promised but not granted, we will seek compensation reflecting those withheld benefits.
• Not honoring breaks: Employees in California are entitled to both rest breaks and meal breaks. These breaks are generally contingent upon the number of hours you work and must be provided within certain time frames. If your employer does not honor these breaks, they are engaging in a form of wage theft that adds up over time.
• Not compensating non-traditional work: Travel time, mandatory work events, and other demands your employer might consider “off-the-clock” should, in most cases, be counted as on-the-clock work. If you have not been paid for non-traditional work-related obligations, ARCH Legal PC will seek fair payment for your time.

Our firm will fight to recover all unpaid wages and related penalties.

How an Employment Law Attorney from ARCH Legal PC Will Fight for the Wages You’re Owed (and Possibly More)

Discovering unpaid wages is an important step towards securing fair compensation, but it’s just the first step. A considerable legal fight may lie ahead, and an attorney from ARCH Legal PC will help you by:

• Creating a strategy that will help you recover all unpaid wages
• Obtaining all professional records, personal notes, financial statements, and other evidence supporting your claim of unpaid wages
• Calculating the value of unpaid wages, as well as other financial considerations (like interest and premium pay, which is a penalty employers face for certain wage-related violations)
• Issuing our demands and seeking a settlement
• Representing you throughout litigation, up through and including trial or arbitration

Our clients want an efficient resolution to their cases, and we want the same. More important, though, is that we secure all the compensation you deserve. No matter what strategy is required or how much time your case takes, your full financial recovery will be our foremost goal.

Why You Can Trust the ARCH Legal PC Team with Your Case

Trust between an attorney and their client is paramount. This is especially true after someone you may have trusted—your employer—profoundly failed you. ARCH Legal PC gives you every reason to trust us with your case, including:

Our Case Record

Of all the reasons to hire us for your case, one reason stands out: We’ve done this many times, and our success is apparent. ARCH Legal PC’s case results in employment law cases are nothing short of spectacular, and they include settlements and verdicts of:

• Nearly $23 million in a case against a multinational telecommunications company
• $14 million in a case against a major national retailer
• $11.35 million in a case against a national pet products retail chain
• $6.5 million for employees of a major healthcare company
• $6.35 million for employees of a major bowling company
• Over $15 million (TO BE CONTINUED) by jury trial on behalf of security guards
• Many other multi-million-dollar settlements and verdicts

All in all, we have obtained more than $300 million for employees damaged by various types of malfeasance, including withholding of wages. No company is too large or too small to hold accountable, especially not when ARCH Legal PC is on your side.

Our Outstanding Employment Law Attorneys

Our lawyers make our firm. You will work directly with an attorney, and they will have a team working around them. You can be certain that the lawyer fighting for you will:

• Have an extensive and relevant background handling cases with similarities to yours
• Be determined and relentless in their pursuit of the compensation you deserve
• Be honest, forthcoming, and proactive in how they represent you
• Reach out regularly to update you about the case
• Be available when you need answers

We are employment law attorneys, so we are passionate and competent in the service we provide.

Our Intricate Knowledge of California Law

While California statutes protect employees in many ways, these statutes require powerful advocates to enforce them.

Our attorneys are truly students of the law. We know the codes, are familiar with precedent-setting cases, and understand how the written law translates to real-world situations like yours. You won’t have to spend endless hours researching dense, complex, ever-changing laws when you have our team handling your case.

The Resources We Bring to Your Case

Many employment law cases require significant time and investment. Whether we are conducting an exhaustive investigation, hiring experts, or taking other steps necessary to build your case, the cost and time required won’t be of concern.

Our Trial-Readiness

We hope that the responsible parties will meet our financial demands. We’re prepared if they don’t. If your lawyer needs to take your case to trial, they will be prepared and willing.

Put Our Trial Lawyers On Your Side. Call ARCH Legal PC Today for a Consultation About Getting You Paid

Our firm is known throughout California for holding large corporations accountable for multiple kinds of wage and hour violations, including those resulting from misclassification of employees and failure to pay overtime. Whatever your circumstances are, trust that we can help.

We fight for employees’ rights in every line of work, including retail, restaurants, nursing, trucking, construction, commissioned sales, and beyond. All employees have rights, and we enforce them. You can rely on our more than 30 years of experience to help you hold your employer accountable, resolve the employment dispute, and get the hard earned compensation you deserve.

Call ARCH Legal PC today at (866) 331-1338 or send us an email to arrange a consultation. We are proud to advise and represent employees throughout California and Washington.