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Your Remedies if Your Employer Fails or Refuses to Pay You Overtime

If you work overtime, you are likely entitled to be paid at a higher than usual rate, known as “time and a half.” You might be surprised to learn that Georgia does not require the payment of an overtime premium, but federal law does, and employers in Georgia must comply with federal law. If yours Read More

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Overtime Eligibility: Should You Be Paid More for 40+ Hours?

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

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Overtime Eligibility: Should You Be Getting Paid More for Your 40+ Hours?

In 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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