Overtime Wages
Worked over 40 hours? You’ve earned time-and-a-half.
Long weeks should mean bigger paychecks, not the same flat rate. Federal law requires most employees to be paid one-and-a-half times their regular rate for every hour past 40 in a workweek. Employers dodge that bill with phony “exempt” titles, off-the-clock demands, and creative math. USA Employment Lawyers makes sure the overtime you worked is the overtime you’re paid.
Overtime Wages
Past 40 hours, your rate goes up.
By law, not by favor.
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, non-exempt employees earn 1.5x their regular hourly rate for overtime. Your “regular rate” isn’t just your base pay, it has to include non-discretionary bonuses and commissions. Leaving those out is one of the most common ways workers get shortchanged on every overtime hour.
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of your regular rate owed for every overtime hour
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hours a week after which overtime begins
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years to recover unpaid overtime for willful violations
How employers underpay overtime.
Fake exemptions.
A salary or a fancy title doesn’t make you exempt, your actual job duties do. Misclassification is the #1 overtime dodge.
Off-the-clock hours.
Pre-shift setup, post-shift cleanup, and “answer this after hours” all count toward your 40 and beyond.
Bad rate math.
Commissions and non-discretionary bonuses must be folded into your regular rate before overtime is calculated.
No records kept.
When an employer “forgets” to track your hours, the law often presumes your reasonable estimate over their silence.
Not necessarily. Salary alone doesn’t make you exempt. Unless your real duties meet a specific legal test and you earn above the salary threshold, you may still be owed overtime for every hour past 40.
Yes. For a worker earning $14/hour plus $200 a week in commissions, the correct overtime rate is about $27/hour, not the $21 employers often pay by ignoring the commission. That gap, multiplied over months, adds up.
Employers are legally required to keep accurate records. When they don’t, courts frequently accept a worker’s good-faith estimate. We help you reconstruct your hours and build the claim.
Why workers choose us.
Recovering unpaid overtime shouldn’t be a gamble. We carry the risk so you don’t have to.
Free case evaluation
We review your timesheets and pay records and tell you what you’re realistically owed.
No win, no fee
Overtime cases are handled on contingency, you pay nothing unless we recover.
Class actions welcome
If your employer shorted a whole crew, we can pursue it for everyone at once.
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Make every hour count.
If you’ve been working overtime without overtime pay, the law is on your side, and so are we. Our attorneys handle the records, the calculations, and the negotiation or litigation, with no fee unless we win. Start with a free review and find out what your extra hours are really worth.
