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Has Your Employer Failed to Pay Your Overtime Hours?

If you work overtime hours, you are entitled to pay at a higher rate than your regular hourly wage. In most cases, the overtime rate is "time-and-a-half" (150% of your regular rate). Under Federal law and New York law, an employee who works more than 40 hours in a workweek is entitled to overtime pay for those hours.


The amount of money you can recover in your wage claim or lawsuit against an employer is called "damages." The damages you may win if you succeed in your action against your employer fall into a few different categories.

What Can I Be Entitled To?

First, you will be entitled to your unpaid wages. An employee who is successful in a wage claim or lawsuit will be awarded the amount of wages that the employer failed to pay. This includes any overtime premium that was not paid. If your employer paid you regular wages for overtime hours, you will be awarded the difference between the regular wages you were paid and the overtime premium you should have been paid.


Second, you will be entitled to an award of interest on the unpaid wages at a rate set by law.


Third, you will be entitled to recover a sum called "liquidated damages," which means your employer has to to pay double the unpaid wage amount due to you as liquidated damages under federal law and New York law.


And, Your employer also has to pay your attorney's fees if you win your wage or overtime case, along with the costs of pursuing the case.

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We Can Help You

Our lawyers have experience dealing with claims for unpaid overtime in New York. Too often, employers don't pay even when the law requires it. Don't let them get away with it. Contact us for a free consultation. We have successfully recovered millions of dollars on behalf of New York workers.

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