Off the Clock
Your employer is required to keep accurate records of the hours you work, including your straight time, minimum wage and overtime. But sometimes you are told not to punch in when you arrive, or you are required to work after you punch out. You are told not to work overtime, but that you have to get all your work done, and your employer does not mind if you stay after your regular work day to complete the work he says you “have” to do - without pay. Your employer cannot force you to work or even “permit” you to work for hours that are not logged and compensated, and cannot cheat you of wages and overtime in this manner.
Employees who do are forced or “encouraged” to work off the clock are often shortchanged when their employer does not pay them overtime. Federal Law and New York State law do not permit overtime wages violations just because your employer is letting you work off the clock and not paying you for the extra work. Over the years, you can lose a lot of money when your employer puts into his pockets the overtime wages that he should have paid you. Nor can your employer subject you to retaliation in New York State or New York City because you complain that you are not really a manager and should be paid overtime wages.
Contact us online or call us at (212) 949-1001 if you think that your employer's harmful actions stem from your being forced or “encouraged” to work off the clock, with the result that you are not being paid the overtime to which you are entitled by law.We will use our more than 25 years of experience to help you resolve the matter by negotiation or by going to court in the State of New York or New York City.
Employees who do are forced or “encouraged” to work off the clock are often shortchanged when their employer does not pay them overtime. Federal Law and New York State law do not permit overtime wages violations just because your employer is letting you work off the clock and not paying you for the extra work. Over the years, you can lose a lot of money when your employer puts into his pockets the overtime wages that he should have paid you. Nor can your employer subject you to retaliation in New York State or New York City because you complain that you are not really a manager and should be paid overtime wages.
Contact us online or call us at (212) 949-1001 if you think that your employer's harmful actions stem from your being forced or “encouraged” to work off the clock, with the result that you are not being paid the overtime to which you are entitled by law.We will use our more than 25 years of experience to help you resolve the matter by negotiation or by going to court in the State of New York or New York City.