COMMISSION SALES EMPLOYEES OR BONUS EMPLOYEES INVESTIGATION
Have you worked in commission sales? Or worked by the job or piece rate or bonus? New laws in California may help you get the money you are fairly owed. Many workers are not being paid according to the law but they don’t know it. Please contact us at 424-245-5505 or fill out the form on this page.
If you worked in a sales job and were paid wholly or partly on commission, we would like to help you evaluate whether your employer owes you money.
What Is the Problem With Commission Sales Jobs?
Commission sales is a field that has recently been found by the courts to have many examples of unfair pay practices. Many companies ranging from grocery and jewelry stores to car dealerships to huge furniture chains have been found guilty of violating California wage rules. The rules are designed to make sure salespeople and retail workers get paid what they’re fairly owed.
If you or someone you know has worked in commission sales or on an incentive pay system, you may have a claim. Our attorneys are currently investigating several industries that have a high percentage of commissioned employees in their workforce.
Join our class action investigation to find out about the wages owed to you. Please contact us at 424-245-5505.
Types of Companies and Jobs
If you’ve worked for a company and have been paid on a time, piece rate, commission or other basis, these rules apply to you. Companies that typically use this kind of pay structure are in the business of selling or renting goods, to the public or to other companies, like furniture, large equipment, vehicles, and even mobile phones.
Selling, driving and many other duties that are common at these companies are required to have rest breaks. The people most likely to have been a victim of labor and pay violations at these kinds of companies worked for incentive pay like commissions with a draw, or bonuses based on sales. If you or someone you know fits this profile, you may very well be victimized without knowing it. Please contact our attorneys for a case evaluation. If you’ve worked for a company in an industry like this but had manager type duties, these rule violations may not apply to your situation. Anyone paid on salary for doing work like supervising others that required technical knowledge based on special training or experience likely does not have a claim.
Common Rule Violations
Many times workers don’t know if they are paid on a commission or other non-hourly basis that they may not have been paid for a rest break. If you’ve been forced by a company to spend time in meetings or in training and logged the hours, only to have that pay taken out of your commission or incentive checks, you may be a victim. State labor rules require that all time logged at work, even for rest breaks, must be paid to employees. Companies are required by state labor rules to provide ten minute rest breaks for every four hours worked, and during the middle of the work shift if at all possible. Companies commonly break this rule by requiring people to work during their rest or meal breaks when the companies choose. Additionally, many commissioned employees have been forced to work under pay rules that require wages to be paid back through a draw system after they’ve been earned. Companies are not allowed to ‘claw back’ any kind of non-commission wages after they have been earned, even pay earned on a draw arrangement. Non-commission wages like minutes and hours spent on rest breaks or for ‘nonproductive’ down time must be paid. The courts have found many companies guilty for not paying all earned wages, even when people leave the company.
Victims’ Rewards for Labor Rules Violations
State law requires that if found guilty, companies that break these rules have to pay the employee extra money for each workday that the meal or rest or recovery period is not provided. This means victims, who worked under for these companies for many, many years, can recover a a lot of wages owed through a class action by our attorneys. Our attorneys are investigating to stop companies from illegal pay practices that rob people of their hard-earned money. If you’ve suffered this kind of treatment by your current or former employer, please contact us at 424-245-5505.
Join our class action investigation to find out about the wages owed to you. Please contact us at 424-245-5505.
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