Off-the-Clock Underpayment & Unpaid Work Claims

Off-the-Clock Underpayment & Unpaid Work Claims

Every Minute Worked Must Be a Minute Paid

Forcing employees to work without logging their hours is illegal wage theft. Employers use off-the-clock work to trim payroll expenses at the expense of their hardest-working staff. If your employer expects you to perform tasks before clocking in, after clocking out, or during your unpaid breaks, they owe you back pay.

Common Off-the-Clock Violations We Litigate

• Pre-Shift Prep & Post-Shift Cleanup: Requiring restaurant staff, retail clerks, or technicians to open stores, prep kitchens, set up machinery, or put away inventory before their paid shift begins or after it ends.
• Interrupted & Unpaid Meal Breaks: Automatically deducting 30 to 60 minutes for lunch when you were required to stay on call, answer calls, or work through your break.
• Uncompensated Travel Time: Requiring employees to drive between multiple work sites, customer homes, or store branches during the day without paying for travel time or mileage.
• Off-Hours Digital Communication: Requiring hourly staff to monitor and respond to work texts, emails, or phone calls from management outside of scheduled working hours.

• Worried about your immigration status?
• About not having filed a tax return?
• About not being able to afford to sue?

If you answered yes to any or all of the three questions, you are not alone.

It may surprise you that your answers to these questions DO NOT affect your eligibility to sue and win compensatory and liquidated damages from your current and/or former employer.

You are not alone. Federal labor laws protect all workers regardless of immigration status or tax filing history. Under federal law, when an employer fails to keep accurate time records, the court relies on your credible testimony to calculate what you are owed. We know the tricks employers pull—such as denying you worked there or forging signatures—and we know how to defeat them in court.