General Information on Overtime Law

  For the vast majority of workers: if you perform over forty hours of work in a single week you are entitled to overtime pay at 1.5 times your regular rate of pay. Exemptions are few and far between, and the employer's punishment, even for mistakes, is severe. If you regularly work over forty hours and do not received overtime pay, please submit your claim by clicking below.

  Every worker - including a "salaried" worker - is entitled to overtime pay unless specifically "exempt" from the Fair Labor Standards Act. Below is general information regarding these exemptions. Remember, the general rules is that a worker is not exempt and therefore entitled to overtime pay. Even where an occupation would normally be exempt, an employer must dot every "i" and cross every "t" or risk losing the exemption and owing thousands of dollars in overtime.

The Major Exemptions: Executive, Administrative, Professional, Computer and Outside Sales

• Exemption for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Computer and Outside Sales

• Executive Exemption

• Administrative Exemption

• Administrative Duties Test

• Professional Exemption

• Computer-Related Occupations Exemption

• Outside Sales Exemption

Special Issues

• Employee or Independent Contractor

• Deductions From Wages For Uniforms And Other Facilities

• Employer's Recordkeeping Requirements

Specific Rules for Certain Industries

• The Construction Industry under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Restaurants and Fast Food Establishments under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Employing Youth in Restaurants under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Tipped Employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Professional Offices under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (doctors, lawyers, accountants, etc.)

• Security Guard/Maintenance Service Industry under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Real Estate and Rental Agencies under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• The Retail Industry under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• State and Local Governments under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Police and Fire Fighters under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Manufacturing Establishments under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Wholesale and Warehouse Industries under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Automobile Dealers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Agricultural Employers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Highly-Compensated Workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Blue-Collar workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• First Responders under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Veterans under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Insurance Claims Adjustors under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Financial Service Industry under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Nurses under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Technologists/Technicians under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Construction Workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Journalists/Reporters under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Exemption For Seasonal Amusement or Recreational Establishments under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• The Motor Carrier Exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Employees Paid Commissions by Retail Establishments Who are Exempt Under Section 7(i) from Overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Homeworkers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• The Home Health Care Industry under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

• Immigrant Workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)