By K.P. Reddy | Published November 27, 2012 | Posted in Employment and Labor Law, Overtime Law | Tagged Tags: employment law attorneys, hourly wage, overtime pay, overtime wage laws | Leave a comment
Whether Georgia and federal employment laws require your employer to pay overtime depends on whether you are a qualified worker and whether your employer is a covered employer. Any employer engaged in interstate commerce must abide by federal wage and overtime rules. Federal law classifies any business with revenues of more than $500,000 per year Read More
Read MoreIn Georgia, certain workers who put in more than 40 hours per week must be paid a minimum hourly wage of $10.88. This figure is one-and-a-half times the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, which is used in lieu of the state minimum wage of $5.15. Overtime wage laws were originally established to protect Read More
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