Have you filed a workers comp claim? Even if you no longer work for your employer, you may be owed extra money for work you did before you were injured!
You may be owed extra overtime pay and not even know it! Your employer is usually required to pay you extra overtime pay (“time and one-half pay” – if your regular hourly is $20 you must be paid $30 for overtime hours) when you work over 40 hours a week, even if you are paid by the week (paid salary) or the day, or piece, or on commission or with a bonus. And you cannot agree to work without overtime pay if the law requires overtime pay. Also, all your working time must be paid, including time you may spend doing paperwork, setting up, or attending meetings before of after your shift, 10 minutes a day spent doing those things could equal $1,000 or more in unpaid overtime owed to you over one year. If you think you may be owed unpaid overtime call us at 800-257-4841. You can learn more about your right to overtime pay here.
If you did construction work on roads, schools or other government buildings or public projects you may be owed prevailing wages. In Clark County Nevada the prevailing wage for general laborers is over $59.00 an hour (and time and one-half that rate for overtime) and much higher for some other trades. Some employers pay construction workers on public works projects $25 an hour or less, far less than the required prevailing wage. If you worked on public works construction projects but did not receive a prevailing wage (often called the “union rate”) please call our office at 800-257-4841. You can learn more about your right to prevailing wages here.
If your employer (or former employer) is found to owe you back pay (unpaid wages) that may increase you workers’ compensation award. You may want to discuss that with an attorney handling your workers’ compensation claim. This website is not intended to give advice on workers’ compensation claims and please do not contact the attorneys affiliated with this website for assistance with a workers’ compensation claim. The Law Office of Leon Greenberg is seeking to represent workers compensation claimants on other claims (not workers compensation claims) against their employers for unpaid wages. Contact us today! Call us at 800-257-4841 or send us an email for a free, confidential, consultation with an attorney.