Wage and Hour Disputes
We want you to be paid in full and not suffer exploitation.
Millions of workers are paid less than minimum wage or not paid overtime. This is wage theft, and it tends to affect those least able to afford it and causes many to fall below the poverty level. You work hard for your pay. In return, you have a right to be paid on time and in full. The duty of an employer to timely pay their employees minimum wage and overtime is one guaranteed by law.
What is wage theft? It is the failure of your employer to pay you the full wages that you are legally entitled to. Wage theft can take many forms, including:
Minimum wage violations: Paying workers less than the legal minimum wage.
Overtime violations: Failing to pay nonexempt employees time and a half for hours worked in excess of 40 per week. Some employers may try to mask overtime violations by having employees clock out earlier than they finish working, assigning work to be completed after hours, or improperly changing time punches.
Off-the-clock violations: Asking employees to work off-the-clock before or after their shifts.
Meal and Rest Break Violations: Requiring you to work through your legal meal and rest breaks.
Pay stub and illegal deductions: Taking illegal deductions or not distributing pay stubs.
Tipped minimum wage violations: Confiscating tips from workers or failing to pay tipped workers the difference between their tips and the legal minimum wage.
Employee misclassification violations: Misclassifying employees as independent contractors to pay a wage lower than the legal minimum.
Failing to pay you at all. You are entitled to be paid for the work you do. That can include being paid for commissions and also, in certain circumstances, bonuses.
We at Seattle Litigation Group will work to stop this wage theft. We want you to be paid in full and not suffer exploitation. Contact us now for a free consultation.