McAllen Overtime Claims Lawyer

In New York in 1905, long before the era of worker protection and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a state court upheld a law that prohibited bakers from working more than sixty hours per week. The Supreme Court overturned the decision, arguing that “There is no reasonable ground for interfering with the liberty of person or the right of free contract, by determining the hours of labor, in the occupation of a baker.” Fortunately, ideas surrounding workplace climate have changed since then.

Provisions in federal FairPay provide for overtime pay at a rate of one-and-a-half times the regular rate of pay unless an employee falls into an exempt category. Since employees getting paid one-and-a-half times their normal rate cost their employers one-and-a-half times as much for each over time hour, it is not surprising to discover that employers have sought out ways around this law. This is often done by “forgetting” to pay employees at an overtime rate for overtime hours or by tagging employees as administrative, professional, or executive personnel, all of which are exempt categories. FairPay outlines specific criteria for what qualifies an employee as each of those.

Fair Pay Disputes

Michael Pruneda of the Pruneda Law Firm, P.L.L.C., is a McAllen employment lawyer who can help fight back. His years of experience in front of the Texas Workforce Commission—Wage Division and with the State Bar of Texas—Labor & Employment Law Section have given him an extensive background in handling overtime claims disputes. He is a McAllen employment lawyer committed to helping you fight back against businesses who want to increase profit margins by not paying employees their due, and he can act as a corporate counsel to defend overtime claims.

If you or anyone you know is involved in an overtime claims dispute, contact the McAllen employment lawyers of the Pruneda Law Firm, P.L.L.C. at 956-702-9675.