Unpaid Wages Lawyers in Marlton, New Jersey

If you are owed unpaid wages, you may be entitled to seek damages, back pay, interest, and penalties from your former employer. These amounts can often exceed the actual back pay you may be owed. Kenneth A. Sandler, Attorney at Law, is an unpaid wages lawyer based in Marlton, New Jersey who may be able to assist you if you are owed wages and other compensation which was not paid to you.

Unpaid Overtime Wages Lawyer in Marlton, New Jersey

If you work more than 40 hours in a given workweek, you may be entitled to receive overtime pay. Overtime pay is paid at a rate of one-and-one-half (1 1⁄2) times the regular hourly rate. So if you typically make $15 an hour, your overtime rate would be $20 an hour for every hour over 40 hours you worked. Employers have a responsibility to keep track of their employees’ hours and pay them accordingly.

While workers are not entitled (by law) to overtime pay for work on holidays, Saturdays, and Sundays, if work on these days should cause your weekly hours to exceed forty (40), your employer may be required to pay you overtime. Salaried workers may or may not be exempt from the overtime pay laws, depending on the nature of their work; if they serve in a managerial or supervisory capacity and/or are in a degreed and licensed profession, they may be exempt; otherwise, they are generally subject to those laws as well.

While there are some exemptions for certain workers regarding unpaid overtime, in general, if you worked overtime, but didn’t receive overtime pay, you may have a case for unpaid overtime. Your employer may be required to not only pay you the unpaid overtime, but to pay liquidated (a/k/a double) damages, interest, and penalties. Kenneth A. Sandler, Attorney at Law, is an unpaid wages law firm based in Marlton, New Jersey, which may be able to help you recover the unpaid overtime which you may deserve under the law, as well as all other monetary relief.

How Employers Fail to Pay Overtime

 

Employers may fail to pay overtime either due to an error or due to intentional reasons. What are some ways that employers may fail to pay overtime? Sometimes employers either unintentionally, or intentionally misclassify workers. These workers may be considered independent contractors when they are really employees and entitled to receive overtime pay and other benefits. A worker may also be denied overtime pay if an employer intentionally or unintentionally classifies the worker as exempt. Sometimes employers pay their workers a day rate, rather than hourly rate. But if workers put in overtime in a given week, they may still be required to be paid at the overtime rate.

For example, in order to be a legitimate independent contractor, you must have your own business, must pay your own business taxes, have control over how you complete the work, have control over which work you take on, and have the right to subcontract the work if needed. Many workers are hired as independent contractors when they are actually employees because this classification can save companies a considerable amount of money in employment taxes and benefits paid to regular workers. If you believe you are properly an employee but are being treated by your “employer” as an independent contractor, you may have a case. Kenneth A. Sandler, Attorney at Law, is an unpaid wages law firm based in Marlton, New Jersey which can review your employment classification and assist you with the appropriate legal action.

Did you work overtime? Are you not being paid for the overtime you worked? Is your employer telling you that you are exempt from being paid overtime? Reach out to Kenneth A. Sandler, Attorney at Law, an unpaid wages law firm based in Marlton, New Jersey today. Our law firm can review the details of your case, analyze how the law applies to your situation and help you to understand whether you were misclassified and might be entitled to receive unpaid overtime and other compensation.