Hello, I’ve been working for a small behavioral health clinic as an admin support remotely. (My employer is based in OR and I’m in CA). The owner (my boss) told me it’s 1099 & I was paid $12 per hour for training & $15 after training. I knew this was extremely low but I needed a job at that moment. I’ve been with them for almost 3 months so I decided to ask for $17 per hour & my boss’s reply kind of bothered me. About a month ago she offered me an incentive where I’d get 20% of every patient’s first session I “bring in”. I obviously said yes, but now that I have mentioned higher pay, she told me the incentive offer was supposed to be a nice bonus, but instead she will pay me $17 per hour and no more incentive bonus. She also had to add that I need to do better at keeping her updated even though I am constantly doing so (I think it was just her way to make it seem like I’m not even worthy of higher pay).
I am 90% sure I can file for misclassification, but I wanted to know if I will get any compensation if I just file through the gov instead of a law suit. Any help would be appreciated. I’m feeling quite frustrated because I work so hard and get so little out of it. Thank you!