Overtime

WAGE & HOUR ISSUES FIRST NEW OVERTIME OPINION LETTERS IN TEN YEARS On April 12, the Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division (“WHD”) issued three new overtime opinion letters – the first such letters released by WHD in nearly…

*This is a transcript of the Facebook Live video from 3-1-18  Click here to watch the video. You can sue your employer for unpaid overtime. And there are a couple different ways to go about it. One is, you can…

Can an employee agree not the be paid overtime? There’s a very surprising answer to this question. The answer is ‘no’. I don’t care if you’ve signed an agreement that says, “This is the way I’m going to get paid.…

  People will call me up and say. “Alan, my employer says that because I’m paid a salary, I’m not entitled to overtime.” Well, that is not the case. Salary is a test and it’s called the salary basis test…

What kind of jobs are exempted from overtime? There are a number of statutes and regulations under the Federal Law that decide this. And, it’s interesting when the Fair Labor Standards Act, which is what … Where we get our…

All non-exempt employees must be paid at least the minimum wage mandated by the state in which they work or the federal government and receive overtime pay for any time they work over a certain number of hours per workday…

Can a company not pay overtime? The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is the federal law that sets minimum wage and overtime standards and protects workers in the United States from being exploited by their employers. This law applies to…

If your employer is not paying you overtime, you could be missing out on a significant amount of money. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) estimates that approximately 72% of employers are not in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards…

How late can an employer pay you? If you have been working for a particular employer for a fair length of time, you probably have a pretty good idea about when you should receive your wages. But, if your employer…

Under The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), an exempt employee is one who receives a fixed salary, meets one of the FLSA exemption tests, and is not entitled to overtime pay. However, all employees are considered non-exempt (and entitled to…

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) governs overtime pay for nearly every worker in The United States and protects them from being taken advantage of by their employers. Under the FLSA, a standard workweek is 40 hours worked in a…