Wage & Hour Disputes
New York and New Jersey Overtime Pay Lawyer
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires that workers are paid for hours worked. Employees are open to mistreatment when they don’t have a clear understanding of the rules and their employer uses that lack of knowledge to act illegally and unethically.
The most common wage and hour problems we see at the employment law firm of Zatuchni & Associates are overtime hour abuse and employees being wrongly classified as exempt or as contractors so the employer can avoid paying overtime or benefits and payroll taxes.
If you believe your employer has violated wage and hour laws and you have paid the price—whether that violation was accidental or planned—contact a New Jersey or New York overtime pay lawyer at Zatuchni & Associates to see if you have grounds for a lawsuit.
Because hour and wage disputes often affect a group of people, Zatuchni & Associates handles class action lawsuits in such cases as:
- Line supervisors wrongly classified as managers so they can’t get overtime pay. If your employer has misclassified your position, you are entitled to back overtime pay for the prior three years
- Retail employees told that they must complete tasks even if it means staying late without pay and being pushed by management to skip lunch and break periods
- Truck drivers wrongly classified as contract workers so the company can avoid payroll taxes, benefits, and overtime pay
- Sales people who work on commission but have not been paid correctly for commissions or account expenses (improper commission chargebacks)
If you have been forced to work overtime, denied overtime pay, denied benefits, or forced to forego meals and breaks, contact a wage and hour dispute lawyer to find out if you have a lawsuit. You CAN demand fair treatment.
Immigrant workers—you are also covered by U.S. labor laws. You have the same rights as any other worker. If you work 40 hours, you deserve 40 hours of pay.
If your rights were violated by your employer for New York or New Jersey overtime pay, a lawyer from Zatuchni & Associates will review your claim and give you sound legal counsel about how to move forward.
Our goal is to help you find financial recovery and justice through the legal system.
To learn more…
Employment Law Center
Employment Law E-Newsletter
Past Zatuchni & Associates Newsletters
New Jersey and New York Overtime Pay Lawyer
Newark Wage Disputes Attorney
With three offices in New Jersey and New York, the employment law firm of Zatuchni & Associates represents people who have suffered from unfair employment practices in Mercer County, Essex County, Union County, Hudson County, and Middlesex County, and the communities of Newark, Trenton, Camden, Princeton, Irvington, Elizabeth, Jersey City, Orange, South Orange, and New Brunswick in New Jersey, and New York City, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Staten Island in New York.
