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If you have experienced wage theft, file a wage claim with the Labor Commissioner's Office by email, mail or in person. Workers in California have the right to file a wage claim when their employers do not pay them the wages or benefits they are owed.

Assembly Bill 469 (Chapter 655, Statutes of 2011), also known as the Wage Theft Protection Act of 2011, went into effect on January 1, 2012, and adds section 2810.5 to the Labor Code. The act requires that all employers provide each employee with a written notice containing specified information at the time of hire.

If an employer makes changes to the written work schedule, they must provide 14 days notice in-person, by telephone call, by email or by text message. Also, the employee is allowed to decline to work any hours that are not included in the employee's work schedule.

In addition to New York and California, Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah, and West Virginia have enacted similar legislation.

California does not have a law addressing when or how an employer may reduce an employee's wages or whether an employer must provide employees notice prior to instituting a wage reduction. ... Moreover, a wage reduction can only be applied to hours worked after the change and cannot be applied to hours already worked.

CA WTPA. FORM. California Labor Code Section 2810.5 requires that ALL NON-EXEMPT EMPLOYEES be. given written notice of their rate of pay and payday at time of hire or in the event of a change in rate of pay or payday.

California does not have a law addressing when or how an employer may reduce an employee's wages or whether an employer must provide employees notice prior to instituting a wage reduction. ... Moreover, a wage reduction can only be applied to hours worked after the change and cannot be applied to hours already worked.

Employers can cancel a pay raise in most states without violating labor laws. If you are a member of a union, you may have some recourse, and circumstances regarding the revocation of your added compensation also may give you a foothold to file a complaint to regain your increase.

An employer who fails to provide advance notice to an employee of scheduling changes can be required to pay for reporting time. Furthermore, California law imposes strict requirements on employers who adopt alternative workweek policies, and employers cannot adopt these policies without providing advance notice to ...

Stealing earned wages from workers' pockets is illegal in California and this case shows that employers who steal from their workers will end up paying for it in the end, Julie Su, head of the state's Labor and Workforce Development Agency, said in a press release announcing nearly $12 million in citations against ...