California Employment Law Attorney Stephan Wattenberg The Fair Labor Standards Act and the California Labor Code protect every worker in California. It establishes a minimum wage, often sets a prevailing wage, and sets requirements for overtime pay and other labor standards. Despite clear laws about wages, hours, and workers' rights, employers sometimes still fail to comply with their obligations under U.S. and California employment law—and workers suffer.
If you believe your right to fair pay, fair working hours, or safe working conditions has been violated, please contact our Chico law office. At the Law Office of Stephan R. Wattenberg, we represent employees who have been treated unfairly and illegally by employers: Failure to pay the prevailing wage for construction and other public works projects, such as highway construction, irrigation projects, public buildings, disaster reconstruction and clean-up crews Employees having to work through meal breaks and then not being paid for that work time Employees not being paid for valid travel time when they have to commute to a job site on work hours or have to travel further than they normally would to get to work (your employer may be calling it commute time in order to avoid paying you)
Wage and hour law attorney Steve Wattenberg prosecutes wage claims in California and federal courts, as well as before administrative agencies such as the California Labor Commissioner. Employment lawyer Steve Wattenberg has more than 10 years of experience handling employment law cases in the California's North Valley. His initial interest and understanding of employment law began 25 years ago when he worked as a union representative, protecting the rights of workers. Are You Being Treated Unfairly?In some cases, our firm has handled in the past, we have found that the employer of a public works, irrigation, hydroelectric, or flood restoration project was receiving enough money from the public employer to pay a fair and prevailing wage. They weren’t sharing it with their employees, however. The employer paid 1/3 or less of the prevailing wage and pocketed the rest. That is illegal. Employees DO have legal rights—but only as long as you are willing to demand them and fight for them. You have a right to be paid a minimum (or prevailing) wage, to get meal breaks, and to have safe working conditions. Attorney Wattenberg only represents employees involved in wage and hour disputes, employment discrimination cases, whistleblower, and wrongful termination cases. He is dedicated to ensuring your rights are respected and protected. Contact our Chico, California, employment law office if you believe that your rights to fair working hours and fair pay have been violated. Law Office of Stephan R. Wattenberg1074 East Avenue, Suite C
Chico, CA 95926
Phone: (530) 342-8930 ● Fax: (530) 342-5625
Map and Directions ● E-Mail UsNorthern California attorney Steve Wattenberg represents clients in civil litigation in Shasta County, Sutter County, Tehama County, Butte County, Glenn County, and across California's North Valley in communities such as Sacramento, Chico, Oroville, Red Bluff, Redding, Yuba City, and Marysville.
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