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Overtime in Texas is calculated to pay 1.5 times an employee’s regular hourly wage for any hours worked over a 40 workweek. Employees who meet certain requirements under Texas labor laws are classified as either being “exempt” or “non-exempt” from receiving overtime pay.   State overtime laws vary...

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Overtime lawsuits are usually class and/or collective action suits by a group of employees alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and/or state employment laws at the hands of their employer.  Under the FLSA, “non-exempt” employees have the right to be paid overtime...

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Michael D. Lore is an experienced Houston overtime lawyer dedicated to helping workers whose employers fail to pay them unpaid wages and overtime pay as required under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). If you feel you have been denied overtime pay, contact an overtime...

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Labor and employment law exists to address the legal rights and restrictions on working people and their organizations.  A lawyer or a law firm who specializes in labor and employment law has expertise in the large body of laws, administrative rulings, and precedents concerned with...

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The short answer is - probably. The Federal Fair Labor Standards Act regulates wages and overtime but does not require employers to pay for any time not worked. That includes vacation time, forced or not.  So unless the state you live in has passed legislation...

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Labor and employment law is a practice of law that works to protect people in the workplace.  This type of law focuses on defending and prosecuting individual corporations, private organizations, and/or a group of people in the matters of labor law. The following are two...

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Many hospitals and medical facilities are using mandatory overtime for nurses and other healthcare professionals as a usual means of staffing their facilities, even though common sense as well as numerous studies supports the fact that long hours and sleep deprivation may prevent nurses from providing...

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Yes... and sometimes no. Mandatory overtime for nurses has these professionals often working twelve to sixteen hours, sometimes with as little as one hour’s notice, on a regular basis, but it is not illegal under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Sixteen states, however, currently regulate or...

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New York wage and overtime laws grant even better protections to New York workers than those guaranteed to all American workers in the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 (revised in 2004). New York's wage laws and regulations cover many provisions including minimum...

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The state of Texas, like many others, follows the federal regulations regarding overtime pay.  Texas overtime pay provisions require that: Any employee who works more than 40 hours per work week should be paid one and one half times the regular rate of pay for...

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