Florida Overtime Law Roberts S. Norell, P.A. Wage Law Expert

Federal law requires employers to pay employees time and a half for all hours worked over 40 hours per week, unless you fall within an exemption. If your employer has violated federal law, the employer may be required to pay you your past unpaid overtime, interest, an additional amount equal to the unpaid overtime, plus costs and attorney fees.

To help wronged employees recover unpaid wages owed to them by employers in the form of illegally withheld overtime or any other wages owed by your employer, past or present. You've worked hard and you deserve to get paid for your efforts. Through my efforts, I aim to retrieve your unpaid wages with efficiency and effectiveness.

You may ask, why do I need a private attorney to recover my unpaid overtime? Why not just use the Florida Department of Labor? The Florida Department of Labor is a great agency staffed with many great people. However, they are often overworked and understaffed, and sometimes lack the manpower to adequately protect all the employees in this state. Just as significant, the DOL has no direct financial motive to promptly collect your unpaid overtime, whereas we do.

Federal and Florida law allow a private attorney to recover fees from the employer if the employee has had to hire a lawyer to recover his or her unpaid wages. These fees are often more than the wage claim itself. Because of this, the employer has a greater incentive to resolve the claim than with the Florida Department of Labor.

Our case load is very manageable so we can give you the personal attention that the Florida Department of Labor just cant. Also, we file most of our claims in United States Federal District Court which can vastly improve the efficiency and speed of the recovery process. You pay us nothing unless we get a recovery for you, and our fees come from the recovery itself. Our contingency agreement gives us an incentive to get you everything you are entitled to, which may include interest, penalties, and costs.

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