Overtime Law

There are many misconceptions about what the law requires with regards to overtime pay. One of those misconceptions is that if you are a salaried employee, you are not entitled to overtime. You may have heard that if you are…

Rather than hiring more employees, employers sometimes attempt to save money by requiring their existing salaried employees to work longer hours, but without being paid overtime. This is a widespread phenomenon across many industries and often happens in violation of…

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which is the federal law governing overtime pay, if an employee is nonexempt from its requirements, an employer cannot refuse to pay them overtime pay for any time worked over 40 hours in…