Are you searching for proven attorneys with a successful track record of representing San Diego employers in unpaid overtime and wage and hour claims?
Proven San Diego Employer Defense Attorneys
The Watkins Firm has provided defense for San Diego and Southern California employers from all forms of employee-related disputes, PAGA actions and other business litigation for more than 40 years. Our legal team helps our business clients who are employers to reduce or eliminate the increasing risk of litigation due to employment related disputes.
In the past few years, the number of unpaid overtime claims and other wage and hour issues have sharply risen, resulting in tremendous potential exposure to San Diego employers. Plaintiff’s attorneys are heavily advertising to your current and former employees searching for a potential PAGA action. The strategic plans we develop for our clients not only protect employers while a person is actively working for the company, but after they leave as well.
It’s Not Just Current Employees
There are several recent case examples of good employees who were valued during their employ and leave the company on good terms. Their employers were sorry to see them go and appreciated their service. Six months after employment ends, the employer is served with a lawsuit based upon unpaid overtime claims. The suit will go before California agencies and courts who tend to side with the employee, and before the employer knows it they are writing a check for the “extra work I had to do nights and weekends in order to be able to keep my job.”
Representing San Diego employers in unpaid overtime and wage and hour claims begins with a good offense: shutting the door on post-employment claims and structuring internal processes and procedures to reduce the likelihood or impact of an employee-related lawsuit.
Recent changes in federal and state laws relating to arbitration agreements have significant and immediate impact on area employers. An effective employment agreement supported by an arbitration agreement can eliminate many disputes, lawsuits, class actions and PAGA actions before they ever begin.
Protecting employers in San Diego from unpaid overtime and wage and hour claims carries through all employment related documentation including policies and procedures and the employee handbook. Our attorneys provide sound counsel on California’s overtime pay laws, as well as the development of internal policies and strict procedures that minimize or eliminate the potential for unpaid overtime or wage and hour disputes, while creating actual documentation that will hold up down the road.
Representing Southern California and San Diego Employers in Unpaid Overtime and Wage and Hour Claims
Are you searching for proven, successful attorneys representing Southern California and San Diego employers in unpaid overtime and wage and hour claims?
Time cards and loose policies are not enough. Many of these claims are unsubstantiated, and judgments are reached based in large part on simply the word of the employee. Protect yourself and your business.
We invite you to review our Podcast Episode 29 – Recent Big News in Arbitration as well as the strong recommendations of our clients and contact the experienced employer defense attorneys at the Watkins Firm or call today for a free consultation at 858-535-1511. Together we will review all contracts, documentation, practices, policies and procedures and employee handbooks to strengthen the rules and practices regarding employment within your workplace.
