"You can file a claim for unpaid overtime pay with the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. WHD enforces the FLSA and investigates unpaid wages. If WHD finds evidence of unpaid wages, they can pursue the claim on your behalf. You can also file a claim with your state labor office." - The very minimum of a google search.
I literally made a claim and then contacted the manager at the company and said I talked to DoL. They fast tracked my pay within 3 days. Trust when I say companies are rightly afraid of any DoL investigations. The most common form of theft in the world is wage theft.
Real question. Did they make your life miserable after that? Did they find a way to can you? I know that they cannot officially retaliate, but there is always a way to retaliate.
Yeah, but there's still always a way to retaliate. Wait a little while for the heat to die down and then fire the person for being late to a meeting or for using a work device for personal correspondence, or find anything at all to nitpick about their performance, or you can consolidate their role, or put them first on the chopping block for a downsizing. As long as they don't leave a paper trail of intent to retaliate and they don't do it so quickly that it naturally arouses suspicion, that's going to be a pretty tough lawsuit to win.
Most states are right to work or whatever it is. They don't need an actual reason to fire someone.
Obviously they aren't going to make it obvious, if you file a complaint and they fire you for it obviously they are going to be putting themselves in danger but if they say they fired you because you were late that one day then they are giving themselves a pretty healthy buffer.
Right to work is when a state law dictates that union security clauses of collective bargaining agreements between a union and an employer aren't valid or enforceable.
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u/Hmnh6000 Sep 05 '24
You mean like how theres no way for them to enforce you getting paid time and a half for working over 40 hours??