Legal Opinion
Smith v. Rae-Venter Law Group
California Supreme Court
Decided December 2, 2002No. S098760PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BAXTER, J.
“If an employer fails to pay wages in the amount, time, or manner required by contract or by statute, the employee has two principal options. The employee may seek judicial relief by filing an ordinary civil action against the employer for breach of contract and/or for the wages prescribed by statute. (Lab. Code, §§ 218, 1194.) Or the employee may seek administrative relief by filing a wage claim with the [California Labor Commissioner] pursuant to a special statutory scheme codified in sections 98 to 98.8,” commonly known as a Berman hearing. (Cuadra v. Millan (1998) 17…
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