{"id":158,"date":"2016-06-26T17:08:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T00:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.workcomplawsd.com\/?post_type=ufaq&#038;p=158"},"modified":"2016-06-26T17:11:03","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T00:11:03","slug":"undocumented-worker-rights","status":"publish","type":"ufaq","link":"https:\/\/www.workcomplawsd.com\/?ufaq=undocumented-worker-rights","title":{"rendered":"UNDOCUMENTED WORKER RIGHTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>  <\/style><div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-list ewd-ufaq-page-type-load_more\" id='ewd-ufaq-faq-list'>\n\n\t<input type='hidden' name='include_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-include-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='exclude_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-exclude-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='orderby' value='date' id='ewd-ufaq-orderby' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='order' value='asc' id='ewd-ufaq-order' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='post_count' value='-1' id='ewd-ufaq-post-count' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='current_url' value='\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fufaq%2F158' id='ewd-ufaq-current-url' \/>\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faqs'>\n\n\t\t<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-div ewd-ufaq-faq-column-count-one ewd-ufaq-faq-responsive-columns- ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-one ewd-ufaq-can-be-toggled\" id='ewd-ufaq-post-158-WgwYBIiXjG' data-post_id='158'>\n\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title ewd-ufaq-faq-toggle'>\n\t\n\t<a class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin'  href='https:\/\/www.workcomplawsd.com\/?ufaq=undocumented-worker-rights'>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol ewd-ufaq-square'>\n\t\t\t<span >A<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title-text'>\n\n\t\t\t<h4>\n\t\t\t\tUNDOCUMENTED WORKER RIGHTS\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-clear'><\/div>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-body ' >\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin ewd-ufaq-faq-post'>\n\t<p>California labor laws protect undocumented workers or \u201cillegal aliens.\u201d If you are not legally allowed to work in the United States you are STILL ENTITLED to worker\u2019s compensation benefits if you are injured at your job. L.C. Section 3351 defines employee and includes undocumented workers.<\/p>\n<p>You have the right to receive minim wage, earn overtime pay for working more than 8 hours in a day or 40 hours in a week, file wage claims with the state labor commissioner, file workplace safety complaints with Cal\/OSHA and work in an environment free from retaliation for exercising their rights.<\/p>\n<p>If you paid into the SDI system, you are eligible to receive state disability insurance benefits up to the amount you put in. If you were paid cash, you are probably not eligible for SDI.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you used false documents to obtain you job, you are still an employee entitled to receive worker\u2019s compensation benefits (excluding reinstatement back to work and back pay). <em>Farmers Brothers Coffee v WCAB (Ruiz<\/em>) (2005) 70 CCC 1399 (CA 2<sup>nd<\/sup> \u2013non pub).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-custom-fields'>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-back-to-top'>\n\t\n\t<a class='ewd-ufaq-back-to-top-link'>\n\t\tBack to Top\t<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A UNDOCUMENTED WORKER RIGHTS California labor laws protect undocumented workers or \u201cillegal aliens.\u201d If you are not legally allowed to work in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ufaq-category":[3],"ufaq-tag":[],"class_list":["post-158","ufaq","type-ufaq","status-publish","hentry","ufaq-category-top-faqs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.workcomplawsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ufaq\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.workcomplawsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ufaq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.workcomplawsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/ufaq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.workcomplawsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.workcomplawsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.workcomplawsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ufaq-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.workcomplawsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fufaq-category&post=158"},{"taxonomy":"ufaq-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.workcomplawsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fufaq-tag&post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}