Columbia, Missouri Unpaid Wage and Overtime Lawyers
Law Offices of Kevin J. Dolley, with offices in St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri represents Missouri workers in receiving all earned pay and earned overtime compensation from their employers. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that requires employers to generally pay their employees time and a half the regular rate of pay for hours worked in excess of forty (40) hours per work week. Missouri Workers deserve fair treatment under the law and our firm has a dedicated and proven track record in labor and employment law litigation.
Columbia, MO Unpaid Overtime Law Firm
Employers continue to pay employees improperly under Missouri and federal law. Our firm works with individuals and groups of similarly situated employees in obtaining earned overtime benefits. Those who step forward to point out illegal pay practices are commonly rewarded for serving as class representatives.
Missouri Workers that We Represent
Attorney Kevin J. Dolley represents workers who are not paid for work done off the clock, before and after work shifts and at shift change, work through unpaid lunch breaks, unpaid travel time, unpaid work and on call time and unpaid work at night and on weekends. Our attorneys help tipped employees who are not properly paid sufficient wages.
Wage Violations by Missouri Employers
Many employers further manipulate employee pay by misclassifying employees an "exempt" or salaried employees to improperly attempt to avoid paying overtime compensation. Unless covered by a narrow exception, most employees are entitled to receive overtime compensation.
Employers who do not properly pay their employees are entitled to back-pay, liquidated damages (double damages) and their attorney's fees paid. Many employers fail to properly document their workers' time. In such instances, employees are given the benefit of the doubt as to their actual estimated work hours.
Further examples of wage and hour violations, specifically determined to be illegal by the Department of Labor, include the following:
- Carry over hours not paid within a particular work week
- Comp time instead of overtime
- Improper piece-meal work
- Misclassification as exempt from overtime
- Modifying time sheets
- Not approving earned overtime hours
- On call time
- Refusal to pay overtime wages
- Unpaid breaks
- Unpaid final paychecks
- Unpaid shift change time
Contact a Columbia, Missouri Wage and Hour Attorney
Contact employment lawyer Kevin J. Dolley to discuss a wage, hour or overtime law matter. Mr. Dolley can be reached directly at (877)658-0444, locally at (314) 645-4100 or by email at Kevin@dolleylaw.com. Consultations in wage and hour matters are free and confidential and most wage and hour cases are handled on a contingency fee basis. |