Are you a San Diego or Southern California business owner or employer who is wondering how an employer can win an unpaid overtime dispute? In these litigious times, winning an unpaid overtime dispute over an employee in San Diego requires the support of skilled attorneys with a track record of success defending employers in these matters.
The experienced employer defense attorneys at the Watkins Firm are helping our clients to avoid the rising tide of unpaid overtime litigation clogging local courts. We successfully negotiate resolution to the allegations of employees. We only represent employers, and our clients appreciate this focus and our unique approach to resolving employment disputes in a timely and cost-effective manner.
The Keys to Unpaid Overtime Disputes
Can an employee use access to email systems after hours as a back door to unpaid overtime litigation? Yes, and this strategy is a consistent theme in many of the cases before the court at this time. Can the actions they take outside of your own established policies and procedures create unpaid overtime exposure? Unfortunately yes, but you can take prompt, effective action to correct these situations.
The keys to unpaid overtime disputes and litigation are documentation and immediate action on the part of the employer. California employers should be documenting everything these days. This includes but is not limited to notes to the file, emails to yourself capturing crucial conversations and a summary of what happened and the actions you and the employee agreed (or did not agree) to take.
We suggest that clients pay close attention to any dispute early in the process. The moment you realize you have a unpaid overtime dispute or any other employee-related issue take a deep breath, there are many steps in this process and a lot you can do to improve your chances. An employer can win an unpaid overtime dispute in San Diego and Southern California.
The first step is to call the Watkins Firm for a free, confidential and substantive consultation with one of our employer defense attorneys at (858) 535-1511. This complimentary call will provide insight into your unique situation, an understanding of the potential risk(s) you are facing and some potential actions you can take to immediately make the situation better.
Taking action early in the dispute greatly increases the opportunity remediate or mitigate the situation entirely in order to avoid litigation, resolve the dispute quickly and efficiently and remove contingent liabilities.
How Your Watkins Firm Employer Defense Attorney Can And Will Help
Our attorneys advise our employer clients and help them to develop strategies that eliminate the ability for overtime disputes to ever arise. Recent changes in federal and state laws require employers in San Diego to be more vigilant than ever at maintaining policies and procedures and an employee handbook that clearly establish expectations and a formal process for seeking prior approval prior to working any overtime hours.
Your Watkins Firm employer defense attorney can and will help you to evaluate the exposure associated with employee complaints or a letter from outside plaintiffs’ counsel, and develop an action plan to quickly and effectively respond. The number of PAGA lawsuits has substantially increased in recent years. What seems like an isolated issue can quickly become an expensive class action lawsuit. Ask about the Watkins Firm’s unique strategies to protect our clients and prevent PAGA actions and other employee related disputes from ever arising in the first place. If you have received correspondence from outside counsel you need to know there is a clock, it is ticking, and you only have a very limited time before things quickly and irrevocably worsen.
An Employer Can Win an Unpaid Overtime Dispute in San Diego and Southern California
Yes, an employer can win an unpaid overtime dispute in San Diego and Southern California. As you know, many of the cards are stacked against you. You will need some help. Fast action and documentation are the keys to success. Your employer defense attorney at the Watkins Firm can help to resolve existing disputes in a timely and cost-effective manner and prevent future allegations from ever arising. If you are an employer facing allegations of unpaid overtime we invite you to review the strong recommendations of our clients and contact the Watkins Firm or call 858-535-1511 for a complimentary consultation today.
