Overtime Claim
Shift Pay or Productivity Bonus
If an employee is paid amounts in addition to an
hourly rate, such as shift pay premiums or productivity bonuses, then the amounts of the
“extra” pay may in some circumstances be added to your hourly rate to determine your true
hourly rate. This means you actually earn a higher hourly rate, which, in turn, means
your overtime pay rate would be higher than your stated hourly wage.
Any employers fail to properly
adjust the hourly rate to incorporate the productivity bonus, which means they also fail to
increase the applicable overtime pay rate.
Sound familiar? You are not
alone. If you have (1) received productivity bonuses or shift premiums, and (2) your regular
hourly rate has not been adjusted to incorporate the bonus of shift pay premium, and (3) your
overtime pay is based upon the non-adjusted, regular hourly rate, then your overtime rights may
have been violated.
Unpaid Overtime
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