Wage and Hour Associate

Distinct | North America; California; Remote; USD 245,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Distinct is seeking a Wage and Hour Associate for a fully remote role from Southern California, offering a compensation range of $245,000 to $270,000. The position focuses on wage-and-hour defense, including California Labor Code, PAGA and FLSA matters, with a substantial exposure to class and collective actions.

Ideal candidates have five years or more defending wage-and-hour claims, a California law license, and the ability to work remotely while managing complex payroll-related disputes and

Qualifications

• Five+ years defending wage-and-hour claims.
• Licensed to practice law in California (Bar in good standing).
• Experience handling California Labor Code, PAGA and FLSA matters.

Responsibilities

• Early case assessment and answers filed before class is determined.
• Discovery fights over sampling and which time records to produce.
• Depositions of payroll leads and store managers.
• Dispositive motions and opposing class certification.

Skills

Wage & hour defense

Timekeeping data analysis

California Bar admission

Education

J.D. (ABA-accredited law school)

Job description

Wage and Hour Associate | Fully Remote, Southern California | $245,000 to $270,000

In England we stop for a cup of tea at about eleven in the morning, we call it elevenses, and nobody has ever written it down.

California would have a class action filed over elevenses by Thursday, and you'd be the one defending it.

This is a wage and hour defense seat for someone five years or more in, fully remote from Southern California, and the pay is $245,000 to $270,000. It's Labor Code claims, PAGA and FLSA, and there's room to lean further into the big exposure class and collective cases if that's where you're happiest.

The files tend to turn on something that looked harmless when somebody set it up years ago. An auto deduct for lunch, a rounding setting, a bonus that never made it into the regular rate. You'll spend a lot of time with timekeeping data and the people who understand it, and the caseload keeps arriving when other practices go slow. Most weeks look something like this.

• Early case assessment, and answers filed before anyone's agreed who's in the class
• Discovery fights over sampling and whose time records get produced
• Depositions of payroll leads and store managers
• Dispositive motions, and opposing class certification

At least five years defending wage and hour claims, a law degree from an ABA accredited school and the California Bar.