Wage Disputes

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Hard Work Deserves Compensation
You work hard for you paycheck, and your employer must compensate you accordingly. A fair pay rate is an essential element of the employer/worker relationship. You perform a given amount or work, and receive a certain amount of pay and benefits for that time.

As basic as it seems, many employers get this formula wrong. If employees don't have a good grasp of the law and their worker rights, they can easily be taken advantage of. Deceitful employers will try to bank on your little knowledge.

Fair Labor Standards Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulates wages and hourly compensation. However, the labor standards are extensive, and interpreting them correctly can be complicated. Employers may run into problems if they don't have a clear grasp of the FLSA and make an honest mistake or misread the FLSA regulations.

Some misunderstandings arise more often for employers with different types of employees on their payrolls: contractors, hourly employees, and salaried workers. Here are come common mistakes:

Wrongly classifying truck drivers as contract workers, and subsequently underpaying benefits.
Wrongly classifying line supervisors as managers, making them exempt from overtime pay.
Mangers misinforming retail employees about their scheduled breaks and their required work hours.
Sales people working on commission may receive incorrect pay if their base wages and commission are wrongly calculated.

Another problem employers can encounter is if you quit and the payroll office fails to pay you for unused vacation time you've accrued.

Exempt or Non-exempt?
If you're a non-exempt employee and work more than 40 hours a week, by law you must receive overtime pay for that time worked. Only exempt (salaried and contract) employees are excused from this.

With large corporations it is not unusual to discover that a large amount of employees have been misclassified as exempt. A company might label someone as a manager to conform to federal and state wage and hour laws.

In cases where many employees have similar claims against a common defendant, a class action lawsuit may be the most effective way to obtain relief.

If your employer does not comply with FLSA regulations and pays you less that what you're owed, you may have a valid wage dispute claim. Contact fair labor practice lawyers at Burke, Harvey & Frankowski today. Serving Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Florida, our attorneys can help you reclaim your rightful pay and any additional damages you may be entitled to. Call or e-mail us today for a free evaluation.

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