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Wage and Hour Lawyer York, Pennsylvania
What Can I do If My Employer Doesn’t Pay Me All I’m Owed?
Employers have lawyers in their corner, and if you think you’re being ripped off by your employer, you should speak with a wage and hour lawyer York, PA residents turn to about your rights. If you worked the time, you should be paid for that time, but there’s hundreds of ways employers try to rip off employees, especially when it comes to overtime pay. The lawyers at Brown, LLC are led by a former FBI Special Agent dedicated to fighting for employee’s rights in their time of need. They offer free consultations and most cases they handle, they’re only paid if they win your case.
“Am I entitled to overtime pay?” This is one of the most common questions an employee may ask a York, PA wage and hour lawyer and the answer in short is yes. If you work over 40 hours a week, the employer must pay you time and half for overtime unless there is an exemption from overtime that the employer has the burden of establishing.
“What constitutes work?” This is another common employment law question. There are many laws that protect employee’s rights. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and Pennsylvania Overtime Laws including the Wage Payment and Collection Law protect employees in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. (Interesting enough other blogs who discuss Pennsylvania’s Overtime Rights sometimes fail to refer to Pennsylvania as commonwealth – is that important? Well, if your employment law cases hinges on your rights under the law, you should expect the employment law firm to know all the subtleties of it).
Going back to the question regarding what constitutes work, generally, anything performed for the benefit of the employer should be compensated as work, as a York, PA wage and hour lawyer can explain. Some common example of labor violations include when an employer does not pay for time spent doing pre-shift or post-shift meetings or certain types of security checks. Time spent logging into computers, or tech time. (Sometimes an employer will have at home employees believing that some work performed at home such as boot time, is like a commute and they shouldn’t have to pay for it). Also, another common Pennsylvania labor violation is when there is an unpaid lunch, but the employee is not completely freed from their duties, which means they should be paid for that lunch period as work.
In the restaurant industry there are numerous wage and hour violations that occur all the time regarding the tip credit, sometime involving Pennsylvania minimum wage. For example, even though a tipped employee is paid $2.13, overtime at time and a half is not $3.25! Instead if computed correctly the overtime rate is over $5 due to the rules concerning tip credits. Additionally, certain individuals are not allowed in a tip pool such as the owners which could invalidate the pool.
A big emerging topic under Pennsylvania law is the distinction between and independent contractor versus and employee. The more vigorously you are controlled by an employer the more likely the Court will find you are actually an employee and should be paid properly and receive overtime compensation. Other areas of law that are of great concern are Pennsylvania whistleblower laws, especially for those who work in the medical field and may be aware of Medicare Fraud or Medicaid Fraud which is actionable under the False Claims Act (FCA).
The answer to the titled question here regarding what you can do If an employer doesn’t pay you properly or you think you’ve been taken advantage of or if there’s a massive fraud going on in the company, is you should speak with an employment or wage and hour lawyer in York, PA. It doesn’t have to be our employment law firm, but make sure they have a background in the are of law you are investigating. Consult with a lawyer as soon as possible to protect your rights. If you have questions regarding your rights, feel free to call a wage and hour lawyer York, PA trusts for a free, confidential consultation regarding most matters.
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Our Achievements
100 Million Dollar Settlement Fund for Women Injured by a New Birth Control Product
Jason T. Brown was the first attorney in the country to file a battery of cases on behalf of women who sustained blood clots, such as deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolisms, strokes and death from a new Birth control Product. Jason T. Brown’s prior firm was on the PSC (Plaintiff Steering Committee) and served as liaison counsel in the state mass tort action. The firm is no longer accepting new cases.
Tens of Millions in Settlements for Mass Tort Injuries and Class Actions

$7 Million Plus Settlement for Consumer Fraud

$7 Million Dollar Commercial Litigation Settlement

$5.475+ Million Settlement for Temple Online Students
Value of the settlement when factoring in non-economic relief exceeds $7 million dollars. Description and Settlement forms available at:
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Millions in Settlements for Women Injured by New Generation Hormonal Product
Women who sustained blood clots from a new Generation Hormonal Product received and continue to receive compensation for their injuries. Compensable injuries include Pulmonary Embolisms (PE), Deep-Vein Thrombosis (DVT), Strokes and Death. The firm is still investigating and accepting cases.

Nationwide $3.5 Million Settlement for Wage & Hour Class Action Case
Case brought on behalf of at home call center workers who were not paid for all their time worked including boot up time, technical time and other time. Workers were told by the company that boot up time which lasted 15 minutes or more was not paid because it was considered their commute to work. Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

$3.2 Million Settlement for Wage & Hour Class Action Case
Case brought on behalf of workers who were misclassified as salaried exempt from overtime. The employer led employees to believe that they had to work unlimited hours over 40 without overtime compensation even though based on their job duties it was alleged they were entitled to overtime pay.

$2.4 Million Dollar Settlement for Wage & Hour Class Action
Lawsuit was brought as a class action on behalf of workers who worked in excess of 40 hours a week and were not paid overtime. The employer was forcing them to work “off the clock” for those hours and failed to pay proper overtime compensation.

$2 Million Dollar Settlement for False Claims Act (Whistleblower Case)

“$2 Million Dollar False Claims Act (FCA) Settlement – Unnecessary Services”
A case against GenomeDx was brought alleging violations of the False Claims Act (FCA) and the California Insurance Claims Fraud Prevention Act regarding unnecessary services such as the testing of tissues that did not need to be tested. The case resulted in a $350,000 whistleblower award.

$2 Million Dollar Settlement for Truck Accident Victim
Our firm was Of Counsel to a serious truck accident case involving a trucking accident with multiple injuries.

Nationwide $1.3 Million Judgment against Future Income Payments and Scott Kohn for Consumer Fraud
Scott Kohn and Future Income Payments conspired to defraud veterans out of their hard earned pensions by offering them loans at loanshark rates and claiming it was a “purchase” not a loan.

$1.7 Million Dollar Settlement for Wage & Hour Case
Misclassified employees under the FLSA were not paid overtime for hours worked in excess of 40. Due to a confidentiality agreement specific details are intentionally omitted.

Judgment with Maximum Damages for Employment Litigation
Judgment for misclassification under the FLSA including maximum damages under State and Federal Laws, plus an incentive fee for the lead plaintiff with attorney fees paid separately. The case involved a worker who was paid a day rate regardless of the amount of hours worked per day and per week.

Class Action Jury Trial
Workers alleged that they were misclassified according to their job duties. The Defendant claimed an administrative exemption under the FLSA and state law. Misclassification cases under the FLSA are the cases most often tried due to non-monetary considerations. Jury Trial lasted three weeks. Settlement offered in lieu of appeal.

Acquittal at Trial
Despite videotaped evidence that the prosecutor alleged incriminated the defendant, Mr. Brown was able to obtain an acquittal at trial for his client. Please note, that while we, the Brown, LLC will provide consultations in defense matters, the firm spends most of its time litigating complex litigation such as class actions, mass torts and catastrophic injuries.

Judgment with Maximum Damages for Wage & Hour Dispute
Wage & Hour dispute on behalf of hourly employees who were not paid time and a half for hours in excess of 40. Employees were granted double damages for all their time with attorney fees and costs paid separately.

Million Dollar Settlement for Wage & Hour Class Action Case
Workers were compelled to come into work 15 minutes early to set up, but were not paid for their set up time. Gap issues aside, workers received double damages for the time worked for 3 years’ worth of pay with attorney fees paid separately.
This is a non-exhaustive list of prior results and successes of Jason T. Brown and the Brown, LLC. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

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