Jay Trucks and Associates Legal Blog

Friday, October 2, 2009

Wage, Hour and Overtime Issues

Wage, hour and overtime violations are committed daily by employers nationwide who are either unfamiliar with or do not respect Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations.

Wage, hour and overtime issues are complex, but the law puts the burden on employers to make sure their workers are fully compensated under the law. The most common violations include failure to pay overtime, denial of meal or rest breaks, minimum wage violations and delayed payment of compensation.

Some employees are exempt from receiving overtime pay, such as certain administrative, executive or professional employees, but some employers deliberately misclassify an employee as exempt from overtime pay to deny them their entitled compensation.

With very few exemptions workers are entitled to the current minimum wage, an uninterrupted, unpaid meal break of thirty minutes during an eight hour work-period and two uninterrupted, paid, ten minute rest breaks for every four hours worked. Thousands of workers have been affected by lost wages due to unpaid overtime, unpaid meal breaks and being forced to work "off the clock". Jay Trucks & Associates, PC are experienced attorneys in wage, hour and overtime violation law who can assert your legal rights and provide you with a remedy for your situation.

If you believe your employer has violated wage, hour or overtime laws, please contact the law offices of Jay Trucks & Associates, PC serving Flint, Clare, Saginaw, Traverse City and Lansing, Michigan today.

posted by Erica at 9:56 AM

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