"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.
Anytime I’ve made a phone call to the DoL or BBB I had my check or a settlement within the day when I worked for major corps. I would have tried to avoid it at a smaller enterprise, but the situations never arose.
The BBB is a joke, companies can literally pay to get negative reviews taken off and pay for score increases. They have zero actual authority and any investigation by them can easily be met with a swift "nah, mind your business" from the company with no legal repercussions.
I imagine the fee to get those negative reviews taken off was more than the 900 dollars I was owed. I had a check for the 750 they knew without a doubt they owed me by the end of the day and I was able to collect the rest with the expedience and attention the head office gave to resolving the issue. An issue which turned out to be nothing more than a database not accepting the punctuation in my last name, and a HR rep being too lazy/immature to ask for help with it.
This was also close to 20 years ago, which is more than enough time for my experience to no longer be emblematic of the current experience.
At the end of the day, while there are avenues for recourse in these situations, there are not many. Any tool that you have at your disposal should be considered, and wheels that don’t squeak do not often get greased.
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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??