{"id":47,"date":"2024-07-21T18:23:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T18:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.mekshq.com\/typology\/?p=47"},"modified":"2024-07-21T21:56:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T21:56:39","slug":"can-i-handle-a-wage-claim-without-hiring-an-employment-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.jinnikanglaw.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/21\/can-i-handle-a-wage-claim-without-hiring-an-employment-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I handle a wage claim without hiring an employment lawyer?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yes, you can resolve a straightforward wage claim through filing a claim with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dir.ca.gov\/dlse\/howtofilewageclaim.htm\">California Labor Commissioner\u2019s Office<\/a>, without hiring an employment attorney. Once you file a wage claim, the Labor Commissioner\u2019s Office investigates the case to determine if there are indeed unpaid wages. If unpaid wages are found, the Labor Commission typically arranges a mediation session where the employee and the employer can reach a settlement. If a settlement is not reached, a hearing will be conducted where evidence is reviewed, and a decision is made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, you can resolve a straightforward wage claim through filing a claim with the California Labor Commissioner\u2019s Office, without hiring an employment attorney. Once you file a wage claim, the Labor Commissioner\u2019s Office investigates the case to determine if there are indeed unpaid wages. If unpaid wages are found, the Labor Commission typically arranges a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment-litigation","tag-english"],"views":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.jinnikanglaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.jinnikanglaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.jinnikanglaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.jinnikanglaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.jinnikanglaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/staging.jinnikanglaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":715,"href":"https:\/\/staging.jinnikanglaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions\/715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.jinnikanglaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.jinnikanglaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.jinnikanglaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}