- Jurisdiction
- California
Here is my situation,
I filed a wage and hour suit and PAGA suit against employer about a year ago. They had a class action suit for some of the same things against them that settled a few months after I filed. I opted out because the amount I would have got was way less that what they owed me. there was an agreement made between our attorneys that is a very good deal for them, so so deal for me. part of agreement was that paperwork would be filed with courts to dismiss PAGA suit. and I won't get paid till after that happens, it has been 5 almost 6 weeks since this agreement was discussed and both parties agreed and there hasn't been any paperwork even filed with the courts yet, I have asked my lawyer what is going on he says that he is waiting for employers lawyers to get paperwork to him. This seems like a long time for what should be some simple paperwork to change hands. I want to tell my lawyer to inform other lawyers that if they don't get on the ball I will want an additional $5000.00 plus $1000.00 per day added to total for every day they stall after the 15th of this month. Can I do that? Also the amount that we agreed on is what I am actually owed for unpaid wages and about $5000.00 additional. does this sound like a fair amount of penalties for about $12,000.00 that I should have been paid starting almost 2 years ago?
I filed a wage and hour suit and PAGA suit against employer about a year ago. They had a class action suit for some of the same things against them that settled a few months after I filed. I opted out because the amount I would have got was way less that what they owed me. there was an agreement made between our attorneys that is a very good deal for them, so so deal for me. part of agreement was that paperwork would be filed with courts to dismiss PAGA suit. and I won't get paid till after that happens, it has been 5 almost 6 weeks since this agreement was discussed and both parties agreed and there hasn't been any paperwork even filed with the courts yet, I have asked my lawyer what is going on he says that he is waiting for employers lawyers to get paperwork to him. This seems like a long time for what should be some simple paperwork to change hands. I want to tell my lawyer to inform other lawyers that if they don't get on the ball I will want an additional $5000.00 plus $1000.00 per day added to total for every day they stall after the 15th of this month. Can I do that? Also the amount that we agreed on is what I am actually owed for unpaid wages and about $5000.00 additional. does this sound like a fair amount of penalties for about $12,000.00 that I should have been paid starting almost 2 years ago?