“An honest day’s pay for an honest day’s work” is a simple principle that many employers fail to honor. With so many people working so hard and striving to earn enough money to meet the ever increasing costs of living, it's only natural for employees to get frustrated when the employers cheat them out of their hard earned wages and overtime. If you feel that your employer has not paid you correctly for all the hours you are at work or hasn’t paid you correct overtime, please contact us for a free and confidential consultation; or call us at: 1-888-MYWAGE-2 or 1-888-699-2432.

 

In majority of situations employees are not even aware that they are being short changed. The employers skirt around the wage and hour laws in many different ways, but, here are some more common scams and violations depriving employees of wages and/or overtime by employers:

 

1.    Off-the-Clock Pre- or Post-Shift Work: Does your employer requires or permits you to perform work related activities before your “official start of shift” (i.e., before you clock in) or after the end of your shift (i.e., after clocking out) off-the-clock and doesn’t pay you for that time?

 

2.    Off-the-Clock Short Breaks:  Does your employer requires or allows you to clock-out or log out for short breaks of less than 20 minutes?

 

3.    Unpaid Lunch or Meal Breaks:  Does your employer deduct time from your pay each day for lunch regardless of whether you do work-related activities during lunch breaks?

 

4.    Short-Changing Hours: Does your employer deduct from your hours short intervals of “non-productive” time during your workday? For example, if you are a customer service agent and your employer clocks you out for the time you spend away from the phone?

 

5.    Short-Changing Overtime Hours:  Does your employer average your hours over two weeks to figure out your overtime wages?

 

6.    Unpaid On-Call Time: Does your employer require you to be on-call and you are not allowed to leave the premises.

 

7.    Misclassification as Exempt:  Does your employer pays you purely on commission basis and classifies you as exempt?

 

8.    Miscalculation of Overtime: Does your employer include differentials, bonuses, and other payments in your wage before calculating your overtime?

 

9.    Misclassifying Employees as Independent Contractors:  Does your employer classify you as an independent contractor, even though you work solely for your employer and under its control?

 

10.    Illegal deductions from wages: Does your employer deduct part of your wages (apart from taxes) to which you have not agreed?

If you answered yes to any of the above or face other similar situation, your employer is likely violating wage and hour laws, and you likely have a case against your employer for unpaid wages and/or overtime. To discuss the details of your case, please contact us for a free and confidential consultation

 

CALL US TOLL FREE AT: 1-888-MYWAGE-2 or 1-888-699-2432.

 

 

Do I have a Class Action Case

 

Pursuing a wage and hour lawsuit for a single worker rarely makes economic sense for the worker or his attorney– i.e. the potential recovery does not justify the costs or risks of litigating a single claim – and that is why many large employers defy wage and hour laws with impunity. However, when a company is violating the rights of a large number of people in the same or similar way, then employee (one or more) can file a suit on behalf of themselves and other similarly situated employees as a class action case. Read more about class action cases here.