OREGON OVERTIME LAWS
Oregon overtime wage claim
Oregon overtime law generally requires all employers to pay their employees overtime wages. Oregon overtime wage law defines overtime as all hours the employee works in excess of 40 hours in one week. In some situations, such as factories and prevailing wage jobs, Oregon overtime laws require employers to pay overtime wages on a daily basis. When Oregon employees work overtime hours, they must be paid overtime wages. Overtime wages under Oregon overtime laws mean that the Oregon employee is paid 1 ½ times their regular hourly rate of pay for all overtime hours the employee worked. OAR 839-020-0030. The 1/2 portion of the overtime wage rate can also be referred to as overtime premium pay. Calculating overtime.
My employer did not pay my Oregon overtime wages. Do I have an Oregon overtime wage claim?
You probably have an Oregon unpaid overtime wage claim because your employer likely violated Oregon overtime laws. If you are a non-exempt employee, and your employer did not pay your overtime wages for all the overtime hours you worked, then you have an Oregon unpaid overtime wage claim. Your Oregon overtime wage claim under Oregon wage and hour law would be for unpaid overtime wages, and an overtime civil penalty under Oregon overtime laws. The Oregon overtime civil penalty is equal to eight hours of wages for each day your employer is late paying your overtime wages. (The Oregon overtime civil penalty is limited to 30 days. For example: If your hourly rate were $14.00 per hour, the maximum amount of the Oregon overtime civil penalty is $3,360.00 ($14.00 * 8 * 30).
Oregon wage and hour laws may provide additional penalties
Often, employer who fail to pay all overtime wages due under Oregon overtime wage laws violate other wage and hour statutes. For instance, the employer may not pay all minimum wages, or unlawfully deduct wages, or fail to include all hours worked.
In addition to any of these types of wage claims, overtime claims, or overtime penalties, if your employment has ended you may also be able to bring an Oregon Late Pay Wage Claim. An Oregon late pay wage claim could entitle you to penalty wages if wages remain due under Oregon laws. Statute. Late Pay penalty wages are calculated in the same manner as the Oregon overtime civil penalty. Thus, an employee earning $15.00 per hour employee could receive an additional $3,600 in penalty wages in an Oregon overtime wage claim lawsuit by adding an Oregon late pay wage claim to the case.
Oregon wage and hour laws may provide additional penalties
Often, employer who fail to pay all overtime wages due under Oregon overtime wage laws violate other wage and hour statutes. For instance, the employer may not pay all minimum wages, or unlawfully deduct wages, or fail to include all hours worked.
Oregon Wage Claim Attorneys
The Oregon wage claim attorneys (lawyers) at Schuck Law, LLC focus their law practice on wage claim lawsuits. Our Oregon wage claim attorneys regularly prosecute Oregon wage claim lawsuits for employees who were not paid all overtime wages. In addition to the claims for damages outlined above, an employee may also sue to recover their costs, disbursements, and lawyer fees incurred in prosecution of the wage claim lawsuit. This allows the Oregon wage claim lawyers at Schuck Law, LLC to take most Oregon wage claim lawsuits on a contingency fee basis. This means, with minor exceptions that are within your control, that our Oregon wage claim attorneys only get paid their lawyer fees from the employer if they recover wages, overtime civil penalties, or penalty wages for you.
Our Oregon wage claim lawyers (attorneys) prosecute wage claims and overtime wage claims throughout Oregon, including but not limited to, Portland, Astoria, Beaverton, Portland, Bend, Clackamas, Coos Bay, Grants Pass, Hillsboro, Portland, Hood River, Klamath Falls, Lake Oswego, Oregon City, Portland, Madras, McMinnville, Medford, Milwaukie, Portland, Newberg, Oregon City, Portland, Sandy, St. Helens, Portland, Tillamook, and West Linn.
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