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San Luis Obispo Bar Association Lessons Learned from Wage and Hour Litigation

November 18, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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Most of the litigation filed in California is employment litigation. And most of the employment litigation stems from allegations of a business’s failure to comply with wage and hour laws.  Listen to the perspective of two experienced lawyers, one who represents employees and the other employers, who handle many of the employment law cases filed on the Central Coast. Learn why even lawyers who do not practice in this area should be aware of these laws in order to better protect themselves and their clients.

Allen Hutkin is the founder of the Hutkin Law Firm, APC where for nearly 30 years he has primarily focused on representing employees in discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, failure to accommodate, severance negotiations, and unpaid wage and overtime matters. He represents employees in individual and class actions who seek to recover damages and make lasting changes in the workplace.  He successfully tried the first disability discrimination case and the first wage and hour class action in San Luis Obispo County. Many of his cases are referrals from other attorneys on the Central Coast and throughout California.

Kathy Eppright is an attorney and partner with the Central Coast law firm, Andre, Morris & Buttery, and has been specializing in employment law for almost 30 years.  She has handled cases ranging from employment discrimination and sexual harassment to wage and hour class actions and PAGA cases.  She has counseled all types of Central Coast businesses from small mom-and-pop businesses with a handful of employees to very large corporations with hundreds of employees.  Kathy is also frequently retained by other attorneys as an external investigator.  She is a certificate holder with the Association of Workplace Investigations (AWI) and part-time faculty member at the AWI investigations training Institute.

 

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Most of the litigation filed in California is employment litigation. And most of the employment litigation stems from allegations of a business’s failure to comply with wage and hour laws.  Listen to the perspective of two experienced lawyers, one who represents employees and the other employers, who handle many of the employment law cases filed on the Central Coast. Learn why even lawyers who do not practice in this area should be aware of these laws in order to better protect themselves and their clients.

Allen Hutkin is the founder of the Hutkin Law Firm, APC where for nearly 30 years he has primarily focused on representing employees in discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, failure to accommodate, severance negotiations, and unpaid wage and overtime matters. He represents employees in individual and class actions who seek to recover damages and make lasting changes in the workplace.  He successfully tried the first disability discrimination case and the first wage and hour class action in San Luis Obispo County. Many of his cases are referrals from other attorneys on the Central Coast and throughout California.

Kathy Eppright is an attorney and partner with the Central Coast law firm, Andre, Morris & Buttery, and has been specializing in employment law for almost 30 years.  She has handled cases ranging from employment discrimination and sexual harassment to wage and hour class actions and PAGA cases.  She has counseled all types of Central Coast businesses from small mom-and-pop businesses with a handful of employees to very large corporations with hundreds of employees.  Kathy is also frequently retained by other attorneys as an external investigator.  She is a certificate holder with the Association of Workplace Investigations (AWI) and part-time faculty member at the AWI investigations training Institute.