I’m Kyle. I represent California workers in disputes with their employers, and I write the articles on this website to help people figure out where they stand. If work has gone sideways, whether it’s unpaid overtime, a missing final paycheck, or a firing that didn’t smell right, start here. Worst case, you learn something. Best case, we fix it.
1. Somebody had to.
The problems
Nobody wakes up wanting to call a lawyer. They wake up with a problem. These are the ones I see most often, and each has a guide that explains your rights before you ever have to talk to anyone.
You work past eight hours, or you’re “salaried,” and the extra time just quietly disappears.
Read the guideLunch at your desk again, rest breaks skipped, and no extra hour of pay to show for it.
Read the guideYou left the job, and your last check showed up late, light, or not at all.
Read the guideYou reported a problem or asked for what you’re owed, and suddenly you’re “not a good fit.”
Read the guideA boss, a schedule, and a dress code, but none of the protections employees get.
Read the guideNotice, unused vacation, and your final paycheck: how to walk out with everything you’re owed.
Read the guideThe process
No pressure, no scripts, no “act now.” Three steps, and you can stop after any of them.
The contact form takes about five minutes. Describe what happened in your own words; no legal vocabulary required.
Consultations are free and confidential. Someone from the team will review, get more answers if appropriate, and evaluate the situation.
If we take your case, there are often no upfront costs: the firm is paid a percentage of what it wins for you. From there, the fight is our job, not yours.
The library
This site began because I kept explaining the same things in consultations: how overtime really works, when a firing crosses the line, what a final paycheck must include. So I wrote it all down. Every guide is organized like the law itself, chapter by chapter, and footnoted to the statutes, regulations, and cases, so you can check my work. No paywall, no email gate. Just the law, in plain English.
California employees who work a split shift must be paid at least the minimum wage for every hour worked plus one more hour at the minimum wage.
Read More: Split Shift Pay in California: When It’s Owed and How to Calculate ItIn most cases, California employers must pay two to four hours of reporting time pay when they send employees home early or cancel a shift after the employee reports.
Read More: Reporting Time Pay Laws in CaliforniaThe rules on time between shifts, shift length, reporting time pay, split shifts, on-call work, schedule changes, and days off in California.
Read More: Work Schedule Laws in California: Shifts, Notice, and Days OffThe lawyer
The short version: I grew up across the Southwest, studied law at UCLA, spent my first years in public service, and found the work I was built for representing California employees. I’ve handled employment cases through every stage, from intake to judgment, and even on appeal.
Off the clock I’m a husband, a dad of three daughters, a builder of computers and small automations, and a reader of more science fiction than is strictly respectable. I designed and built this website myself, footnotes and all. If that sounds like a person you could actually talk to, good. That’s the idea.
The full story →The questions
Nothing. Consultations are free. And if we end up working together, in many cases there are no upfront costs: the firm is paid a percentage of what it wins for you.
Then you’re like most people who write in. You don’t need a legal theory to reach out; describe what happened in plain terms and let us take it from there. That’s what the consultation is for.
Yes. The law protects what prospective clients share with a lawyer, even if we never end up working together.
Not from me, unless you retain us.
No, and that’s on purpose. California employment law is its own universe, and it’s the one I live in. If you work in California, or worked here when the problem happened, you’re in the right place.
