Health Care

Applies to: Health Care Workers

Regarding: Unpaid Wages & Overtime Pay

Alert: In 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) identified the Health Care Industry as one of the industries that violated federal wage laws most often. Millions of dollars of unpaid wages and overtime is due to health care workers.

Violations include:

• Unpaid Overtime
• Failure to Pay All Hours Worked
• Working Off the Clock
• Improper Deductions Taken for Meal & Rest Breaks
• Misclassification of Salaried Employees as Exempt
• Workers Misclassified as Independent Contractors

If you are a worker who has worked in the Health Care Industry in the previous three years, contact Martin & Martin to determine if you are owed unpaid wages and overtime.

Other Wage Topics Impacting Health Care Workers

Learn more about wage requirements for health care workers, including the 8 & 8o overtime system.

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