Employee Breaks Attorney in San Diego, CA

Employee Breaks Overview

Meal periods and rest breaks for most non-exempt employees are required  to be provided by all California employers. If you work longer than five hours on your shifts, but have been deprived of lunch breaks or rest periods, you might be entitled to compensation in the form of unpaid wages, especially if there is a  practice of prohibiting or discouraging such breaks.

At the law firm of Emge & Associates, we place a strong emphasis on employee rights and upholding California laws that protect employees. Our attorneys have been litigating class action cases concerning employee breaks for more than a decade and have recovered millions of dollars in unpaid wages and penalties against employers.

Emge & Associates understands that employee meal periods and rest breaks are essential to a healthy work environment and safety and are required to be provided by statute. We want to help you understand your rights.

California Law Concerning Employee Breaks

•  Most non-exempt employees are entitled to an uninterrupted, 30-minute, uninterrupted meal period for every five-hour work shift.  Employees that work more than ten hours are entitled to a second 30-mintue, uninterrupted meal period.
•  Most non-exempt employees are entitled to one 10-minute rest period during every four-hours of work.

Employers who fail to provide meal periods or rest breaks may be liable to each employee for one extra hour of pay per day of violation.  California law also allows employees victimized by labor code violations to assess penalties against their employer for as much as $200 per employee, per violation, per pay period pursuant to California’s Labor Code Private Attorney General Act of 2004 ("PAGA").
 
Class Action Lawsuits

Attorney Derek Emge has more than 19 years of experience litigating, negotiating and mediating lawsuits, including numerous wage and hour class actions .

If you or your co-workers are facing these issues, contact our law firm by phone at 619-595-1400 or toll-free at 866-629-3409.

Other Frequent Case Types

• Off the Clock Work in San Diego, CA
• Sales and Managers Overtime Laws in San Diego, CA
• Unpaid Overtime in San Diego, CA

Areas of Practice

• Employee Breaks
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Whistleblower / Qui Tam
• Class Actions -- Plaintiff