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Illegal Fluctuating Workweek

The fluctuating workweek is one main way that companies try to get away with not compensating hard workers the right amount of overtime compensation. Fluctuating workweek violations come up when workers and companies enter into an agreement under which the worker is to be compensated a fixed salary per week. In effect, the more time put in by workers can result in a lower typical rate of compensation, providing companies with a great scheme to violate state and federal overtime laws: they force their workers to put in a large amount of overtime hours at a lower rate of compensation than the law requires.

Do you or a loved one have additional questions regarding illegal fluctuating workweeks? Do you feel you are being cheated out of overtime wages? Our employment law attorneys are here to help. Contact an employment lawyer in your area today for more information.

In addition to illegal fluctuating workweeks, our employment law attorneys help clients with a variety of related practice areas, including but not limited to the following:

• Class action lawsuits
• Overtime pay
• Unpaid wages
• Salaried workers
• Hourly employees
• Illegal waiver of overtime rights
• Working seven days in a row
• State overtime laws
• Inaccurate wage and hour calculations
• Neglecting to provide wage statements
  

If you believe that a fluctuating workweek is causing you to put in more hours for less compensation, our lawyers are ready to talk to you about your legal options. Our attorneys have the resources and skills to represent workers in individual and class action cases to recover unpaid standard and overtime compensation.

While there are specific exemptions under some state laws and federal overtime regulations that relieve companies of the need to compensate overtime pay, status as a salaried or hourly employee is at most a small factor in overtime exemption analysis. In the meantime, the worker doesn't bear the burden of proof on overtime exemption claims — the company does.

Would you like more information about excessively long workweeks that are always fluctuating? Are you working more than normal without receiving overtime wages? Our employment lawyers are here to help. Contact an employment law attorney near you today to learn more.