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Most California Employees Are Entitled to Overtime - the Penalties for Failing to Pay Are Expensive

Raul and his coworkers put in long hours just a couple of days a week. Because the newspapers were delivered only twice a week, drivers had to work 10 to 20 hours each of those two days. The Bay Area Journal Tribune didn't pay overtime. Raul believed he was entitled to overtime and asked us what we thought.

Raul and the other drivers weren't paid overtime. We got them all back wages and interest.

Raul and his fellows worked long hours without overtime pay. They wanted it, but the company wouldn't pay. The penalties for failure to track time, provide itemized wage statements and pay overtime are a lot more than the cost of paying overtime as the law requires

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