California Workers Compensation Insurance Adjusters May Be Entitled to Overtime Pay

Contrary to popular belief, just because your employer pays you a salary and tells you that you are not entitled to overtime does not mean this is true.  California class action overtime pay claims are being filed on behalf of California workers compensation insurance adjusters who have been misclassified and are likely entitled to overtime pay. These workers compensation adjusters typically do not hire, fire or give performance evaluations and do not have the level of independent discretion required to make them exempt from overtime under California labor laws.

One such class action case recently filed in California by United Employees Law Group and co-counsel entitled Keshishzadeh v. AIG, Co. among other things, seeks overtime pay for workers compensation insurance adjusters in California who work or worked for AIG during the allowable statutory period. Some of the largest companies in California employing workers compensation adjusters are: The State Compensation Fund, The Zenith, and AIG.

It is expected, especially in this uncertain economy that more and more employees will be analyzing the duties they performed and speaking to California labor law attorneys to determine if they have, in fact, been misclassified and are actually entitled to back overtime pay, interest and possibly penalties. California employees are able to seek up to 4 years of back overtime pay under the law.

California insurance adjusters who have worked more than 8 hours in a day or more than 40 hours in a week without receiving overtime pay should seek the advice of a California labor law attorney.