Wage and Overtime Violation Attorney Serving Florida and Georgia

You deserve to be paid fairly for work you've performed for your employer. If this hasn’t happened, your legal rights as an employee may have been violated, and you could qualify for compensation. The Leach Firm, PA, brings over 50 years of combined litigation experience to every wage and overtime violation case.

The federal FLSA laws were established to protect workers against wage theft. Because overtime and other wage laws can be easily broken, it's vital to ensure that your employer remains accountable so you get paid fairly.

What is FLSA?

FLSA stands for the "Fair Labor Standards Act." The FLSA is a U.S. law enacted to protect workers against unfair pay practices. It gives employees the right to receive minimum wage and overtime pay and establishes rules for fair payment.

How can I tell if my employer is violating wage and hour laws?

Employers can effectively commit wage theft in a number of ways. Many times, employees are not aware that they are eligible to receive overtime pay, and they are not adequately compensated for extra hours they put in. In other situations, employers require workers to perform tasks before they clock in or after their shift ends and they fail to pay for this work.

Employers can also violate the laws by making unfair deductions from employees’ paychecks, failing to compensate employees during short breaks, misclassifying employees, failing to properly calculate commissions and tips, and unreasonably delaying payment of wages. An employment law attorney could review a situation to determine whether a worker is entitled to seek compensation for wage theft.

When am I entitled to overtime pay?

Workers who are not classified as independent contractors or “exempt” employees under the FLSA are supposed to receive pay equal to 1 ½ times their regular pay rate when they work more than 40 hours in a work week. Even employees who are paid based on an annual salary rather than on an hourly basis should receive overtime pay unless they meet the qualifications to be considered exempt from the overtime requirements.

Many employees—and their employers—mistakenly believe they are not eligible for overtime pay when in fact they are. The exemption rules are complex, but you can find a basic overview on the U.S. Department of Labor website or consult a Florida overtime violation lawyer if you believe your employer has failed to pay appropriate overtime wages.