California Wage Compensation Attorneys

The Law Offices of Nadrich & Cohen, LLP is a very aggressive and experienced California personal injury law firm devoted to representing those who have been deprived of the wages owed to them by their employers. We have 8 offices conveniently located thoughout California. We pride ourselves in obtaining the best results possible for our clients. We have recovered in excess of $125,000,000 on behalf of our clients. Because of our aggressiveness, integrity, honesty and professionalism we enjoy an excellent reputation throughout the legal industry. We represent personal injury victims throughout California and nationwide though our national network of aggressive successful law firms. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Many large companies with in-house information technology (IT) departments are choosing to pay their IT employees on a salary basis. Such positions should be paid on an hourly basis due to the enormous amount of overtime that is usually required for such a position. IT positions require long hours, late night projects and even weekend projects or hours in the office, all of which cut into a person’s personal and family life. But instead of being compensated for it, like any hourly paid employee, salary paid employees get no compensation whatsoever for such effort. As a salary employee you are exempt from receiving any overtime pay.

Companies whose IT departments used to be on an hourly system, have recently switched to paying these employees on a salary basis for this very reason. Some companies have also re-identified IT employees as “support” staff, teams or the like to justify their payroll changes.

IT employees are permanently responsible for installation, servicing, repair or maintenance of computer systems. These employees install software, set preferences, fix any type of computer errors that arise, and work on integration issues that affect company-wide network computer operations. Other tasks can even include answering telephone inquiries consisting of service questions.

The following is a list of companies that have switched IT employees to salary:

• Google
• Sun Microsystems
• McAfee
• Earthlink
• Advanced Micro Device (AMD)
• HP
• AOL
• Yahoo!
• Oracle
• Health Net
• Apria Health Care
• Deloitte
• Quest Communications
• Sutter Health
• Hitachi Software Engineering
• Accredited Home Lenders
• Vaco Technology

If you have been switched from hourly, to a salary employee and work (or worked) for any of the above company’s IT departments, you may be eligible for compensation. Please contact us as soon as possible, as there is a limited amount of time you are legally entitled to file a claim. You are entitled to the wages owed to you for your overtime hours. Please contact one of our experienced and aggressive attorneys at Law Office of Nadrich & Cohen, LLP. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to answer your questions.