How Can a Wage & Hour Lawyer Help Fight Unpaid Overtime Claims?

How Can a Columbus, OH Wage & Hour Lawyer Help You With Wage & Hour Issues?

If you’re an employee who is eligible for overtime, then you must be paid time and a half whenever you work more than 40 hours in a week. If that hasn’t been happening, you have the right to bring a claim against your employer, and you should do so as soon as possible. It’s never a good idea to wait and allow too much unpaid overtime to accrue. Your chances of getting paid everything you’re owed are greater the sooner you start.

1. Explaining the Law and Your Rights

The first way your lawyer will help you is by making sure you’re fully aware of all the laws and all the remedies and rights you have. Employers can be quite tricky about finding ways to cheat you out of overtime. You might think of overtime pay as just simple time and a half in relation to your regular hourly wage, but anything that would normally also be included in your wages, such as commissions, bonuses, or incentives, must also be included in overtime pay.

2. Fighting Misclassification Attempts

Your employer may be trying to avoid paying you overtime by misclassifying you as either an independent contractor or someone else who is not eligible for overtime. Your classification is based on your responsibilities at work and how you are paid. Executives, administrative professionals, those holding certain computer-related jobs, and outside salespeople are generally exempt from overtime pay, as are independent contractors. Your lawyer will review your situation to tell you whether you are truly exempt or not.

3. Bringing a Claim

We will thoroughly investigate your claim to see whether you’ve been paid overtime properly, whether anything has been improperly deducted from your pay, and whether all your pay has been properly calculated in any overtime you did receive.

We can bring a claim to help you get compensation for your unpaid wages, any damages that are owed you under the law, and your legal fees. We can also advise you whether it would be wise to collaborate with coworkers to bring a collective action if several people in your company have been cheated of what they’re owed under the law.

If you are not being paid as you should be, contact us today at Barkan Meizlish DeRose Cox, LLP in, Columbus, OH to get the help you need. We’ve been fighting for the workers of Ohio since 1957 and have brought claims successfully throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky. Our nationally respected law firm has helped tens of thousands of people over the decades, and we’re ready to help you next. Call our Columbus office today at 740-204-2125 to get started.

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