If you are owed back overtime pay from your employer you do have legal rights and may be able to pursue a lawsuit to collect unpaid wages. Back overtime wage claims can be filed against your past and present employer for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) if you are a “covered” employee under the law. Money damages awarded to the employee will include difference the amount the employee was paid and the amount that should have been paid had their waged been calculated properly. Employees can also recover an equal amount as liquidated damages or interest, as well as attorneys’ fees.
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