A $20 million settlement has been reached to resolve claims that AMN traveling nurses in California were denied overtime wages and breaks. 24 Hour Fitness settled in February 2013 a collective action under the FLSA to resolve claims that managers and trainers for the fitness chain were denied overtime pay and made to work off the clock. Overtime If you work overtime hours, you are entitled to pay at a higher rate than your regular hourly wage. California also has break or rest period laws. We also enforce the rules that forbid employers from: Taking illegal kickbacks from wages. The advice of Igor provided the best possible outcome with my termination agreement. WHD investigations in fiscal year 2022 found, on average, $1,393 for each employee due back wages. The average cost of out-of-court settlements for employee lawsuits is approximately $40,000. Conducting periodic wage and hour audits to ensure employees have been correctly classified as exempt or nonexempt. California unpaid wage lawsuits usually are because an employer has failed to pay overtime compensation, required an employee to work off the clock, failure to provide breaks, misclassifying employees as exempt of independent contractors, failure to pay minimum wage, and late payment of wages. Employers must pay all employees at least minimum wage (for limited exceptions, see Nolo's article, When Must Employers Pay the Minimum Wage?). [CDATA[/* >