Posts Tagged ‘Unpaid Overtime’
Can You Recover Unpaid Overtime After Being Terminated?
Can you recover unpaid overtime from a former employer if you no longer work there? The Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA, governs unpaid overtime in Texas. One of the common misconceptions regarding unpaid overtime is that you have to be a current employee to receive overtime pay that was denied to you. This is…
Read MoreAre Texas Independent Contractors Due Unpaid Overtime?
Are Texas Independent Contractors Due Unpaid Overtime? Employers continue to believe that merely because a person is labeled as an independent contractor, he or she is not entitled to unpaid overtime. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (which is referred to by non-lawyers as the Fair Labor Act or the FLSA Act, but will be…
Read MoreTexas Overtime Exemptions
I. Texas Overtime Exemptions Texas overtime pay is governed by the Fair Labor Standards Act, or the FLSA. As stated in my post that provided an overview of Texas overtime laws, as a general rule, workers are required to be paid time and a half for every hour worked in a week in excess of…
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Introduction to Texas Overtime Laws Overtime pay in Texas is governed by federal legislation known as the Fair Labor Standards Act (the FLSA). As a general rule, employees are entitled to be paid one and a half times their regular hourly rate for every hour in excess of forty per week. It is a common…
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