Should I be paid for overtime even if it wasnt authorized?

 

A:
Yes. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, an employer who has reasonable knowledge that an employee was suffered or permitted to work should compensate that employee for their time, even if the company requires overtime to be authorized beforehand.

Some companies have pre-approval policies for overtime, which is completely legal, but if your employer frequently pressures you into not reporting overtime hours you should contact our employment lawyers for a free case review.

Often, we find that employees are pressured by upper management not to report overtime, perhaps because a supervisor knew they were working the extra time, but intends to save the company money by telling employees they had to get “overtime approval.”

If you work lots of off the clock hours because you are not allowed to report your overtime hours order our free book on wage and hour claims to learn everything you need to know about filling wage claims. You can also send us a contact form so that our employment attorneys can review your case free of charge.

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