About Overtime Law: An employee is generally entitled to receiving overtime compensation if they work more than 8 hours a day or more than 40 hours a week. You are entitled to receive overtime payment, even if the overtime work you completed was not authorized by a supervisor.  In most states and in California, the overtime rate is generally one and one half times the employee's regular pay. You are entitled to receiving overtime if:

• You are asked by your employer to arrive early to work and begin working on minor things.
• You are asked by your employer to work throughout your lunch break.
• Your employer has knowledge and gave permission for you to take work home.
• You are “on call” and ready to report to work when you are at home.
• You work overtime on a Friday and are told that you can leave work early within the next week.
• While on company business, you need to stay overnight or do travel extensively.

What Overtime Lawyers can do for you: Employers sometimes illegally claim that salaried employees, those with a management title or those with administrative duties are not entitled to overtime pay. This is a way for them to avoid paying overtime, but it is illegal. In California, your title and method of compensation may have nothing to do with your right to receive overtime pay. If you are a “non-exempt” employee, you are entitled to overtime pay, whereas if you are an “exempt” employee, you are not.
If you are being paid a salary or you are told you are exempt from overtime, you are protected under California laws and may be entitled to up to 4 years of overtime pay.

Georgia Overtime Lawyer Referral Service: If you have been wrongfully and illegally denied overtime pay by your employer, contact us today. Attorney Search Network can help you find a Georgia employment lawyer that can help you recover the overtime compensation you deserve.