Wage theft can also happen when employers refuse meal breaks to staff, make unlawful deductions from the paychecks of employees, or make illegal changes to recorded working hours. For example, if an employer unlawfully changed recorded working hours so that an employee was not compensated for all hours worked, dropping their effective hourly rate below the minimum wage, any of these acts may result in minimum wage violations.
There are some simple ways in which employers cheat their employees, such as simply stealing money out of their paychecks, but wage theft can take more complicated and subtler forms. Intentionally mislabeling jobs as independent contractors to stop paying higher rates for the same tasks as regular employees.
If your boss does not track your work hours correctly, you could be cheated out of extra pay because your employer may not determine accurately how much time you have spent every week. Hours spent working for the company's gain, regardless of whether you are on the premises of the business, is considered compensable time and can be compensated.
If you have not received what you were due on payday you may want to obtain legal advice.
- Can an Employer Refuse to Pay Me?
- Can I Recover Back Pay for Unpaid Wages?
- Can I Sue My Employer For Not Paying Me?
- Can An Employer Withhold Paychecks?
- Employer Paycheck Bounced
- Haven't Been Paid By Job Type
- How Long Is An Employer Required To Keep Payroll Records
- How Many Hours Can You Work Before You Need To Be Paid?
- How Much Can I Sue My Employer if They Didn’t Pay Me?
- I Didn’t Get My Final Paycheck After Being Fired
- I Didn't Make Any Commission by Occupation
- I Didn’t Receive My Last Paycheck After Quitting
- Independent Contractor Not Being Paid
- Late Paycheck By Job Type
- Late Paycheck Laws By State
- Not Being Paid Agreed Upon Amount by Job Type
- Not Being Paid for Travel Time
- Not Being Paid For Working Through Break
- Nothing Changed After I Told HR That I Was Not Receiving Paychecks
- Nothing Changed After I Told HR I Am Not Being Paid For Travel Time
- Nothing Changed After I Told HR I Was Not Paid For All My Hours
- Should I Be Paid For Prep Time?
- Should I Be Paid For Time I Am Allowed To Sleep?
- Should I Be Paid For Training
- What Can I Do If My Employer Isn't Paying Me?
- What Can I Do If My Employer Keeps Paying Me Late?
- What to Do If Employer Is Rounding Hours Down
- What To Do If Employer Is Shaving Time Off Time Card
- Worked From Home, Not Getting Paid
