Providence, Rhode Island Wage and Hour Claims Lawyers

Fighting for Workers' Rights in Wage and Hour Claims

• Have you been forced to work off the clock without pay?
• Do you work more than 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week without overtime pay?
• Does your employer refuse to let you take meal or rests breaks, or make you take all meal breaks off the clock?
• Did your boss tell you that you are not entitled to be compensated for overtime because you are a salaried employee?
• Are you being paid less than the minimum wage?

If you are a worker who is not being compensated fairly, you and your co-workers may be entitled to relief under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Contact a wage and hour lawyer at Robinson & Clapham for a free consultation at our Providence, Rhode Island law office. We are dedicated to standing up for the rights of workers who have not been compensated for working overtime, working off the clock, or for illegal unpaid meal breaks.

Seeking Justice for Workers Harmed by Wage and Hour Violations

One of the most common ways employers attempt to get around paying overtime is by misclassifying workers as supervisors or independent thinkers, who are overtime exempt. For example, our employment law attorneys represented a scheduler who was classified as an independent thinker by her employer, and therefore not eligible for overtime payments. In our wage and hour lawsuit, we proved that the scheduler was eligible for overtime pay because she had a boss who told her what to do - and therefore shouldn't have been classified as an independent thinker.

Overtime pay is only one of the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This federal law also covers the payment of incentives and commissions, employee chargebacks, and unpaid wait time. Unpaid wait time is any time that you are required to be at work before your paid work begins.

For example, some companies require employees to show up 15 minutes before their shift begins to change into their work uniforms. Other employers expect employees to wear beepers or to be on call without compensation. In one case our lawyers handled, a bank employer expected an employee to log onto 14 different computer systems before her paid work shift began. All of these are examples of unpaid wait time and are illegal under federal law.

If your employer is violating federal labor laws by not compensating employees for working overtime, working off the clock, or during required meal and rest breaks, contact our Providence law office for a free consultation with an experienced wage and hour claim lawyer.