Practice Areas

Wage and Hour Litigation

Goyette & Associates handles all types of wage & hour disputes, representing both 'blue collar' hourly employees and 'white collar' salaried professionals in cases that range from individual claims to class action lawsuits. The firm represents hourly nonexempt employees who are working more than eight hours per day or forty hours per week without receiving overtime pay, or who are being forced to work 'off-the-clock' or are being denied prevailing wages.

Goyette & Associates also represents salaried employees who have been misclassified as exempt from wage laws, and are being denied properly earned overtime pay, meal periods, and rest periods. The firm provides effective representation for both the individual employee and for groups of similarly situated employees.

Goyette & Associates has successfully filed and managed class action lawsuits to recover overtime pay for employees working for both large corporations and public entities. The attorneys are skilled at assisting with filing complaints and defending appeals for matters heard by the Labor Commissioner, as well as being skilled at bringing and litigating civil actions to recover overtime pay (both time and a half and double time damages), interest, and civil penalties. Goyette & Associates is experienced in the application and interpretation of all labor and employment laws related to wage and hour claims, including the federal FLSA law, California state wage laws set forth in the California Labor Code (including the new 'sue your boss' law to recover civil penalties), and all the Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Orders and associated regulations. Remember, our office can represent you in a cost effective manner because, if we prevail in a wage claim trial, the law makes the employer pay for part or all of the plaintiff's attorneys fees.

The attorneys and staff throughout Northern California in Sacramento, Modesto, and Redding promise aggressive representation to maximize the amount of improperly denied wages and other damages that can be recovered.

If you are employed in California and believe you are being improperly denied wages, overtime pay, meal periods, or rest periods, fill out the on-line wage claim form by going to the link below. Goyette & Associates will then evaluate the legal and factual merits of your case to determine whether money can be recovered for you.