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Do you take work home with you, but don’t get paid for it?

Take-home work, training sessions and any work-related tasks are compensable under the FLSA

Have you ever taken home any work your employer needed you to complete? Many people do this on a daily basis, but it's important to know that the FLSA entitles most employees to overtime compensation for any hours worked over 40 in a workweek. The time you spend on monthly reports, presentations, or any other task is compensable under the wage and labor laws.

If your employer knows you are working overtime, but doesn't pay you for those hours, you may have a valid overtime and wage claim. Here is a list of some of the common ways workers in Texas and nationwide are cheated out of their wages.

• You take work home with you, but do not include the time spent working at home on your time record and your employer permits this.
• You are required to attend work-related meetings and/or training sessions, but these hours are not included on your weekly time record.
• You work through your lunch break or eat lunch at your desk, but the time allowed for lunch is deducted on your time record.
• You are required to do a lot of traveling on behalf of your employer, either from job site to job site or overnight, but are not paid for some or all of the time spent traveling.
• You get to work before your scheduled time and begin working (setting up, roll call, etc.), but don't clock in until your scheduled start time.
• You are required to clock out at your exact scheduled finish time, but continue working "off the clock" to finish your work, clean equipment or do a few extra work-related tasks.

If you are unsure whether you are being paid your rightful wages under the FLSA, you can use our confidential contact form to get answers to your questions. Contact an experienced employment lawyer who knows how the federal labor laws work. If you live in Texas, find out how a labor lawyer can help you. We have represented clients in many Texas cities, including:

Pasadena, Brownsville, Grand Prairie, Mesquite, Beaumont, Waco, Carrollton, McAllen, Midland, Odessa, Killeen, Tyler, College Station, Baytown, Bryan, Sugar Land, Victoria, Port Arthur, Harlingen, Galveston, The Woodlands, Temple, Missouri City, Flower Mound, Pearland, Conroe, New Braunfels, Spring, Atascocita, San Marcos, and more.

Our firm is in Houston, Texas, but we maintain a national practice.