Wage and Hour Seamen Claims

Ehline Law The Overtime Seamen’s Pay Attorneys

The federal maritime law provides seamen with a preferred status for payment of wages and when there is a pay dispute for unpaid wages or overtime the maritime law attorneys Ehline Law can assist with this dispute in Coastal Southern California.

The experienced maritime attorney can impose the claim for unpaid wages by arresting vessels even when in distant ports and enforcing maritime liens. The seaman due to maritime law holds a higher claim than the bank that holds purchase money security interest in the vessel.

The rules are different for the unpaid wage claim for the various classes of seamen under the statutes, this includes:

• Seamen under the Jones Act that work within state, this includes pilots, tug operators, mates, barge workers and workers in harbor crafts.
• Fishing crews and commercial fishermen working on particular vessels
• Mariners that sail between ports in the United States
• Merchant mariners and seamen on international voyages

In some cases it is possible the seamen working in state as pilots, tug operators, mates, barge workers and harbor craft workers will need to enforce their claim for unpaid wages in a state court. The claim in state courts will be under the state wage and hour’s laws, this includes overtime wages and maximum work hours. The other classes will in most cases fall under the federal maritime wage laws.

The maritime experience of Ehline Law firm in the case of insolvent shippers or bankruptcy is able to enforce unpaid wage claims in certain situations, with the automatic stay. This is a way to arrest a ship or enforce a lien against the vessel.

If this is a situation as a seaman or other maritime employee that you have with an unpaid wage claim the maritime attorneys at Ehline Law firm can help. Call a personal injury attorney at 888-400-9721 to learn more now!

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