ARE YOU AND YOUR FELLOW EMPLOYEES ENTITLED TO OVERTIME PAY BUT DON’T REALIZE IT? Ron Poliquin will make sure you and your fellow employees know whether or not you are entitled to overtime wages under the FLSA. Do not rely on your employer job title or classification. Obviously, employers have an incentive to classify you as an exempt employee from the FLSA’s strict requirements regarding overtime pay.
In this day of economic uncertainty, employees must be especially vigilant regarding your rights as to overtime wages and the denial of minimum wage. Both the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and Delaware's WagePayment and CollectionAct (“WPCA”).
You cannot simply assume that you are exempt from the law because your company told you so or because you are paid by salary. Exemptions under the law are few and far between and almost all employers are covered by FLSA’s requirements.
If you believe that you and/or some of your co-workers have been denied either unpaid overtime or minimum wage, or if you simply want to have peace of mind by asking some questions on employment issues- it is imperative that you schedule a free consultation with me today after completing the below questionnaire. Simply put, if your employer is wrongfully denying you overtime pay as is legally obligated to know under the law then the FLSA allows for double damages for the amount of unpaid overtime, possible reinstatement, a high likelihood that your employer pays all of your attorney fees and costs, and most importantly- your employer cannot retaliate against your for raising a claim- even if you claim is mistaken. If your employer does, then the employer would be liable for retaliation and could possibly face punitive damages in addition to compensatory damages.
Best of all, the burden is on your employer (or former employer) to demonstrate that you did not work any overtime hours which you did through his retention of records ( and remember working through lunch counts as hours worked).
Do not hesitate, there is a strict statute of limitations regarding FLSA claims and waiting on your rights may distinguish them. Get peace of mind, fill out the form below, and then we will schedule you for a free consultation after reviewing your intake form. HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED SEXUAL/RACIAL HARASSMENT AND/OR RETALIATION FOR COMPLAINING OF HARASSMENT?
Ron Poliquin has handled numerous cases involving sexual and racial harassment, disparate treatment of women and minorities, retaliation. In addition, he has successfully challenged fraudulent ground of terminations for private employees. Please remember there are strict time limitations for filing these claims and waiting on your rights may extinguish them for good. Remember, you don’t have to take it and they can’t punish you for complaining about it.
Law Firm of Ronald G. Poliquin 48 The Green, 2nd Floor Dover, DE 19901
