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Factory Worker Unpaid Hours
Factory Worker Unpaid Hours Highlights
- Federal Laws set minimum standards for wages and hours worked.
- Factory workers may have claims for unpaid overtime or wages.
About Factory Worker Unpaid Hours
Are you a factory employee that has worked hours without pay? It is fundamental to any contract of employment that an employee is paid for any work that he or she does. Unless your contract clearly states that you are employed at a set salary and may have to work extra hours for which you will not be paid extra (as many professional contracts of employment state), it cannot be legal to make you work for an extra half-an-hour every night without paying you.
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires employers to follow federal minimum wage and overtime laws. Many employers misunderstand or misapply the rules. Other employers willfully violate the rules to earn more money at your expense. The federal overtime law is straightforward: if you work more than 40 hours in a work week, you're entitled to overtime pay or overtime vacation pay. The mandatory overtime salary for any hours over 40 is time-and-a-half.
If you have worked hours without pay or are not receiving your entitled overtime pay, please complete the form and one of our experienced employment attorneys will contact you, or call 1-800-LAW-FIRM now.
If any of the following are true, you may have a claim for unpaid wages:
- You are paid less than minimum wage.
- Your employer fails to pay you for any portion of the total hours your have worked.
- You receive more than minimum wage, however, your employer demands that you perform additional tasks before and after you clock in for work for which you are not paid.
- You are denied breaks or meal time even though you are entitled to them.
- You are not paid for getting ready for work or for cleaning up your work space after work, even though both may be a requirement.
- You are automatically clocked out for breaks and lunch, whether you take them or not.
If any of the following are true, you may not be fully compensated for your overtime work:
- You are requested or demanded to work "off the clock."
- Your timesheet is altered to reflect no overtime, even though you worked overtime.
- You are denied overtime because it was not approved in advance by your manager or supervisor.
- You are paid at only your base hourly wage even though you worked overtime.
- You are told to put your hours down on the following week or granted comp time for your overtime hours.
